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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/7] statx: add I/O alignment information
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 11:02:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r14ffivd.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220518235011.153058-2-ebiggers@kernel.org> (Eric Biggers's message of "Wed, 18 May 2022 16:50:05 -0700")

* Eric Biggers:

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/stat.h b/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
> index 1500a0f58041a..f822b23e81091 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
> @@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ struct statx {
>  	__u32	stx_dev_minor;
>  	/* 0x90 */
>  	__u64	stx_mnt_id;
> -	__u64	__spare2;
> +	__u32	stx_mem_align_dio;	/* Memory buffer alignment for direct I/O */
> +	__u32	stx_offset_align_dio;	/* File offset alignment for direct I/O */
>  	/* 0xa0 */
> -	__u64	__spare3[12];	/* Spare space for future expansion */
> +	__u32	stx_offset_align_optimal; /* Optimal file offset alignment for I/O */
> +	__u32	__spare2;
> +	/* 0xa8 */
> +	__u64	__spare3[11];	/* Spare space for future expansion */
>  	/* 0x100 */
>  };

Are 32 bits enough?  Would it make sense to store the base-2 logarithm
instead?

Thanks,
Florian


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-05-27  9:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-18 23:50 [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] make statx() return I/O alignment information Eric Biggers
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/7] statx: add " Eric Biggers
2022-05-19  7:05   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-19 23:06   ` Darrick J. Wong
2022-05-20  3:27     ` Dave Chinner
2022-06-14  5:25       ` Eric Biggers
2022-06-15 13:12         ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-06-16  0:04           ` Eric Biggers
2022-06-16  6:07             ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-06-16  6:19               ` Eric Biggers
2022-06-16  6:29                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-20  6:30     ` Eric Biggers
2022-05-20 11:52   ` Christian Brauner
2022-05-27  9:02   ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2022-05-27 16:22     ` Darrick J. Wong
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/7] fscrypt: change fscrypt_dio_supported() to prepare for STATX_IOALIGN Eric Biggers
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/7] ext4: support STATX_IOALIGN Eric Biggers
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/7] f2fs: move f2fs_force_buffered_io() into file.c Eric Biggers
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 5/7] f2fs: don't allow DIO reads but not DIO writes Eric Biggers
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 6/7] f2fs: simplify f2fs_force_buffered_io() Eric Biggers
2022-05-18 23:50 ` [RFC PATCH v2 7/7] f2fs: support STATX_IOALIGN Eric Biggers

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