Index: block-raw-posix.c
===================================================================
--- block-raw-posix.c.orig
+++ block-raw-posix.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 typedef struct BDRVRawState {
     int fd;
     int type;
+    int flags;
     unsigned int lseek_err_cnt;
 #if defined(__linux__)
     /* linux floppy specific */
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs
         open_flags |= O_DIRECT;
 #endif
 
+    s->flags = open_flags;
     s->type = FTYPE_FILE;
 
     fd = open(filename, open_flags, 0644);
@@ -141,7 +143,14 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs
 #endif
 */
 
-static int raw_pread(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
+/* 
+ * offset and count are in bytes, but must be multiples of 512 for files 
+ * opened with O_DIRECT. buf must be aligned to 512 bytes then.
+ *
+ * This function may be called without alignment if the caller ensures
+ * that O_DIRECT is not in effect.
+ */
+static int raw_pread_aligned(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
                      uint8_t *buf, int count)
 {
     BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
@@ -194,7 +203,14 @@ label__raw_read__success:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int raw_pwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
+/* 
+ * offset and count are in bytes, but must be multiples of 512 for files 
+ * opened with O_DIRECT. buf must be aligned to 512 bytes then.
+ *
+ * This function may be called without alignment if the caller ensures
+ * that O_DIRECT is not in effect.
+ */
+static int raw_pwrite_aligned(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
                       const uint8_t *buf, int count)
 {
     BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
@@ -230,6 +246,67 @@ label__raw_write__success:
     return ret;
 }
 
+
+#ifdef O_DIRECT
+/* 
+ * offset and count are in bytes and possibly not aligned. For files opened 
+ * with O_DIRECT, necessary alignments are ensured before calling 
+ * raw_pread_aligned to do the actual read.
+ */
+static int raw_pread(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
+                     uint8_t *buf, int count)
+{
+    BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    if (unlikely((s->flags & O_DIRECT) &&
+            (offset % 512 || count % 512 || (uintptr_t) buf % 512))) {
+
+        int ret;
+
+        // Temporarily disable O_DIRECT for unaligned access
+        fcntl(s->fd, F_SETFL, s->flags & ~O_DIRECT);
+        ret = raw_pread_aligned(bs, offset, buf, count);
+        fcntl(s->fd, F_SETFL, s->flags);
+
+        return ret;
+
+    } else {
+        return raw_pread_aligned(bs, offset, buf, count);
+    }
+}
+
+/* 
+ * offset and count are in bytes and possibly not aligned. For files opened 
+ * with O_DIRECT, necessary alignments are ensured before calling 
+ * raw_pwrite_aligned to do the actual write.
+ */
+static int raw_pwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
+                      const uint8_t *buf, int count)
+{
+    BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    if (unlikely((s->flags & O_DIRECT) &&
+            (offset % 512 || count % 512 || (uintptr_t) buf % 512))) {
+
+        int ret;
+
+        // Temporarily disable O_DIRECT for unaligned access
+        fcntl(s->fd, F_SETFL, s->flags & ~O_DIRECT);
+        ret = raw_pwrite_aligned(bs, offset, buf, count);
+        fcntl(s->fd, F_SETFL, s->flags);
+
+        return ret;
+    } else {
+        return raw_pwrite_aligned(bs, offset, buf, count);
+    }
+}
+
+#else
+#define raw_pread raw_pread_aligned
+#define raw_pwrite raw_pwrite_aligned
+#endif
+
+
 /***********************************************************/
 /* Unix AIO using POSIX AIO */
 
@@ -402,10 +479,26 @@ static BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_read(Bl
         BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
 {
     RawAIOCB *acb;
+    BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    /* 
+     * If O_DIRECT is used and the buffer is not aligned fall back
+     * to synchronous IO.
+     */
+    if (unlikely((s->flags & O_DIRECT) && ((uintptr_t) buf % 512))) {
+        int ret;
+
+        acb = qemu_aio_get(bs, cb, opaque);
+        ret = raw_pread(bs, 512 * sector_num, buf, 512 * nb_sectors);
+        acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, ret);
+        qemu_aio_release(acb);
+        return &acb->common;
+    }
 
     acb = raw_aio_setup(bs, sector_num, buf, nb_sectors, cb, opaque);
     if (!acb)
         return NULL;
+
     if (aio_read(&acb->aiocb) < 0) {
         qemu_aio_release(acb);
         return NULL;
@@ -418,6 +511,21 @@ static BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_write(B
         BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
 {
     RawAIOCB *acb;
+    BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    /* 
+     * If O_DIRECT is used and the buffer is not aligned fall back
+     * to synchronous IO.
+     */
+    if (unlikely((s->flags & O_DIRECT) && ((uintptr_t) buf % 512))) {
+        int ret;
+
+        acb = qemu_aio_get(bs, cb, opaque);
+        ret = raw_pwrite(bs, 512 * sector_num, buf, 512 * nb_sectors);
+        acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, ret);
+        qemu_aio_release(acb);
+        return &acb->common;
+    }
 
     acb = raw_aio_setup(bs, sector_num, (uint8_t*)buf, nb_sectors, cb, opaque);
     if (!acb)