Re: [PATCHv4 2/8] block: add size alignment to bio_iov_iter_get_pages

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Keith,

> The block layer tries to align bio vectors to the block device's
> logical block size. Some cases don't have a block device, or we may
> need to align to something larger, which we can't derive it from the
> queue limits. Have the caller specify what they want, or allow any
> length alignment if nothing was specified. Since the most common use
> case relies on the block device's limits, a helper function is
> provided.

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

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Martin K. Petersen




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