linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] docs: sysfs-block: document virt_boundary

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Message-ID: <ac1cefeb-d0f1-3cfc-ffb4-e5ac37b46bcf@acm.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 14:59:51 -0800
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] docs: sysfs-block: document virt_boundary_mask

On 12/8/21 2:38 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Sure, I meant for it to be talking about the memory addresses.  How about this:
> 
> 		[RO] This file shows the I/O segment memory alignment mask for
> 		the block device.  I/O requests to this device will be split
> 		between segments wherever either the memory address of the end
> 		of the previous segment or the memory address of the beginning
> 		of the current segment is not aligned to virt_boundary_mask + 1
> 		bytes.

That also sounds good to me.

Thanks,

Bart.