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Re: [PATCH 2/3] block: require write_same and discard requests align to

To: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] block: require write_same and discard requests align to logical block size
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:58:06 -0400
Cc: axboe@xxxxxxxxx, hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tytso@xxxxxxx, martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx, snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
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In-reply-to: <146612626092.12764.773833541076937471.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Darrick J. Wong's message of "Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:17:41 -0700")
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>>>>> "Darrick" == Darrick J Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Darrick> Make sure that the offset and length arguments that we're using
Darrick> to construct WRITE SAME and DISCARD requests are actually
Darrick> aligned to the logical block size.  Failure to do this causes
Darrick> other errors in other parts of the block layer or the SCSI
Darrick> layer because disks don't support partial logical block writes.

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

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