From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CEFFCCFA05 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2025 01:03:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=AkRJ7qCKOJE1z4cjg+sw+LhkhUhfH/LD2bP7dD0kNOQ=; b=hTJvS5L4kulXo72XYfIqhZ/PuU /eqcgoPK4o/OkIOvJcKuDcHiH3GS9JtC9bTqY1s3limj4v/vCjv0WP2FdrpwFabQfxP4XAqx9471v LzYjdGRRfvpR6DcMtMsBIJMtaT7NKmR8CB9ixOGE5DAuN0WrGvsxrA6cRLC3Sf7ppsys9f8pplvPe gVy36ci+aSde8XlU7iDDA+53BmBIvRL0F4uqKn1O2YBvUE8N7IdohCthhn/EdL/F0a1EplZgY4Ejg B3X/KhAo7EIhRXz2dM8hnq82Ng9SzuRD7+G1aN8C6bLgLzP6987gp/hT8sz1avPLSOJpPwQLzjJzM dT+kXZVA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vHAtF-0000000GTwk-0tUP; Fri, 07 Nov 2025 01:03:45 +0000 Received: from sea.source.kernel.org ([172.234.252.31]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vHAtD-0000000GTwO-1shX for linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2025 01:03:44 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335854080E; Fri, 7 Nov 2025 01:03:42 +0000 (UTC) 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251014150456.2219261-1-kbusch@meta.com> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20251106_170343_512489_ABE2AC06 X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 6.64 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-nvme" Errors-To: linux-nvme-bounces+linux-nvme=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org 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,