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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/9] statx: add direct I/O alignment information
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    Eric,

    > Therefore, let's expose this information via statx(). Add the
    > STATX_DIOALIGN flag and two new statx fields associated with it:
    >
    > * stx_dio_mem_align: the alignment (in bytes) required for user memory
    > buffers for DIO, or 0 if DIO is not supported on the file.
    >
    > * stx_dio_offset_align: the alignment (in bytes) required for file
    > offsets and I/O segment lengths for DIO, or 0 if DIO is not supported
    > on the file. This will only be nonzero if stx_dio_mem_align is
    > nonzero, and vice versa.

    Nice to finally have a generic interface for this!

    Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>

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    Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering

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