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From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@meta.com>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, snitzer@kernel.org,
	axboe@kernel.dk, dw@davidwei.uk, brauner@kernel.org,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/7] block: check for valid bio while splitting
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:23:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq11ppf2bnf.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aJzwO9dYeBQAHnCC@kbusch-mbp> (Keith Busch's message of "Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:06:19 -0600")


Hi Keith!

> NVMe wants this check to actually be this:
>
> 		if ((bv.bv_offset | bv.bv_len) & lim->dma_alignment)
>
> because the dma alignment defines not only the starting address offset,
> but also the length. NVMe's default alignment is 4 bytes.

dma_alignment defines the alignment of the DMA starting address. We
don't have a dedicated queue limit for the transfer length granularity
described by NVMe.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen

  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-13 21:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-05 14:11 [PATCHv2 0/7] direct-io: even more flexible io vectors Keith Busch
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 1/7] block: check for valid bio while splitting Keith Busch
2025-08-10 14:37   ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-08-10 15:39     ` Keith Busch
2025-08-10 17:14       ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-08-13 20:06   ` Keith Busch
2025-08-13 20:41     ` Bart Van Assche
2025-08-13 21:01       ` Keith Busch
2025-08-13 23:17         ` Bart Van Assche
2025-08-14  1:42         ` Damien Le Moal
2025-08-13 21:23     ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2025-08-13 21:52       ` Keith Busch
2025-08-18  4:49         ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 2/7] block: align the bio after building it Keith Busch
2025-08-06  6:07   ` Hannes Reinecke
2025-08-10 14:43   ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 3/7] block: simplify direct io validity check Keith Busch
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 4/7] iomap: " Keith Busch
2025-08-06  6:07   ` Hannes Reinecke
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 5/7] block: remove bdev_iter_is_aligned Keith Busch
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 6/7] blk-integrity: use simpler alignment check Keith Busch
2025-08-05 14:11 ` [PATCHv2 7/7] iov_iter: remove iov_iter_is_aligned Keith Busch
2025-08-06  6:08   ` Hannes Reinecke
2025-08-06  3:03 ` [PATCHv2 0/7] direct-io: even more flexible io vectors Martin K. Petersen
2025-08-06 14:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-08-07 23:20   ` Keith Busch
2025-08-11 10:32     ` Christoph Hellwig

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