From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81A062BF3CC for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2025 01:03:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762477422; cv=none; b=exkcxQCEM06CdZMsRtu/A7T9i3Cx7/8zWx0V9H8qiXiy2QkuZ8Avd4qpCEfCuAaIW9Fw+jUH8dH7EKXuNkYYUVMPknHLdQ5j5QDHZqXHTgqTOjz+OF2fdU1mU+2m5yWkNMxW+N0S+N4/WwFlum1wzs0fCB9KMhz3KDEYHdZJgmc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762477422; c=relaxed/simple; bh=+HhYARz3EZwNGGVtjHrJkFBc1gkDphzYvlM37ezBWVY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=M8s0DEm2LZ5jRmvsuMqmaZdCQWXyuN4UytgjZhyt/SNRKyrejzs7n9SJnQjNOpF15c2bzUW0kHIJIJSVtnH1UTBs2NXrTa49uVpaLpiu1Tc7I7wxkJ0apv3GqY2HYitzgO55WhlnG7E1zkXwT8F9edyu47wSGD972+N+FvFiuXg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=kcXEaAbM; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="kcXEaAbM" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C3C3BC4CEF7; Fri, 7 Nov 2025 01:03:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1762477422; bh=+HhYARz3EZwNGGVtjHrJkFBc1gkDphzYvlM37ezBWVY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=kcXEaAbM67bQ9ftQvYheZdHMja+IMJzw+G/+jzaVo21RLLNXyINXhlTw3tNXCrEMk MkwTk93K9tAMHBEBG1+CuLo9v5DsfMsRKyWFn3QE62+FJTHUSqQbIbEayua6k+EMDY EiD0zC6S1gJjFuo6zRmuR1WBPy+lOJXkzOyzwAOQRDWqa74lgDcIc86dJSBK9DO9XH D7I8fIX4OQghNWZiAHE78JZ+GQU+pRcmGDDhkKO4S5Xbumog28fVUIsHNws1dSHmjX mFndmLEzA1Appzv4CtxWki0oMf5tvqaQNBJQCN8UWFDdcJ6LDwSrTbVeiqgMOpCS6e Tq3aO3XwKir1g== Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:03:39 -0700 From: Keith Busch To: Keith Busch Cc: hch@lst.de, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 0/2] block, nvme: removing virtual boundary mask reliance Message-ID: References: <20251014150456.2219261-1-kbusch@meta.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251014150456.2219261-1-kbusch@meta.com> On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 08:04:54AM -0700, Keith Busch wrote: > From: Keith Busch > > The purpose is to allow optimization decisions to happen per IO, and > flexibility to utilize unaligned buffers for hardware that supports it. Hi Jens, Did you have a chance to consider this one? Thanks,