Re: [PATCHv4 9/9] fs: add support for dma aligned direct-io

Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-31T06:29:23Z

On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 06:06:13PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
>
> Use the address alignment requirements from the hardware for direct io
> instead of requiring addresses be aligned to the block size.

I'd suggest dropping the legacy direct-io.c change. Anyone who wants
new features really should be using the iomap code, which also
significantly reduced the amount of testing needed here and the chance
of regressions.