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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@meta.com>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	axboe@kernel.dk, brauner@kernel.org, aalbersh@kernel.org,
	jack@suse.cz, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	tytso@mit.edu, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,
	jaegeuk@kernel.org, cem@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] fs: report direct io constraints through file_getattr
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:25:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710212527.GB1911@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708011843.1036846-1-kbusch@meta.com>

On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 06:18:43PM -0700, Keith Busch via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
> 
> Memory alignment constraints for direct io can vary depending on the
> backing storage hardware. Provide support through file_getattr to report
> the attributes necessary for applications to know how to construct valid
> read and write requests.
> 
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>

This seems to be reinventing STATX_DIOALIGN and STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN.
Any reason for this?

- Eric

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From: Eric Biggers via Linux-f2fs-devel <linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@meta.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, brauner@kernel.org,
	aalbersh@kernel.org, cem@kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,
	tytso@mit.edu, jaegeuk@kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	jack@suse.cz, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] fs: report direct io constraints through file_getattr
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:25:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710212527.GB1911@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708011843.1036846-1-kbusch@meta.com>

On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 06:18:43PM -0700, Keith Busch via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
> 
> Memory alignment constraints for direct io can vary depending on the
> backing storage hardware. Provide support through file_getattr to report
> the attributes necessary for applications to know how to construct valid
> read and write requests.
> 
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>

This seems to be reinventing STATX_DIOALIGN and STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN.
Any reason for this?

- Eric


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10 21:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-08  1:18 [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] fs: report direct io constraints through file_getattr Keith Busch via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-09  7:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-09  7:13   ` [f2fs-dev] " Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-09  8:51   ` Andrey Albershteyn
2026-07-09  8:51     ` [f2fs-dev] " Andrey Albershteyn via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-10 21:28     ` Eric Biggers
2026-07-10 21:28       ` Eric Biggers via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-09  9:14   ` Jan Kara
2026-07-09  9:14     ` [f2fs-dev] " Jan Kara
2026-07-10 21:20     ` Eric Biggers via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-10 21:20       ` Eric Biggers
2026-07-10 23:11       ` Keith Busch
2026-07-10 23:11         ` [f2fs-dev] " Keith Busch via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-09 13:46   ` Keith Busch
2026-07-09 13:46     ` [f2fs-dev] " Keith Busch via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-10  4:35     ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-10  4:35       ` [f2fs-dev] " Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-10 15:22       ` Keith Busch
2026-07-10 15:22         ` [f2fs-dev] " Keith Busch via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-07-10 21:25 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-07-10 21:25   ` Eric Biggers via Linux-f2fs-devel

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