Re: [RESEND PATCH] dm-ebs: Mark full buffer dirty even on partial write

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 02:21:34PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> -               offset &= -DM_BUFIO_WRITE_ALIGN;
> -               end += DM_BUFIO_WRITE_ALIGN - 1;
> -               end &= -DM_BUFIO_WRITE_ALIGN;
> +               align = max(DM_BUFIO_WRITE_ALIGN, bdev_logical_block_size(b->c->bdev));
> +               offset &= -align;
> +               end += align - 1;
> +               end &= -align;
>                 if (unlikely(end > b->c->block_size))
>                         end = b->c->block_size;
> <snip>
> 
> and it fixes the setup which i described in the commit message, but i
> have question.

And this patch, using bdev_logical_block_size looks correct.

> 
> Why in dm-ebs we need to offload partial buffer < ubf size?

I don't understand this question.  What is ubf?  What does partial
buffer mean in this context, and what does offload mean?