Re: [rfc patch 2/2] direct-io: remove address alignment check

[Andi Kleen]

> That is exactly why I made this a separate patch, so that we
> can test and find out where the problems are and work to fix
> them.

That's pretty hard because there are a lot of block drivers.

And might not very nice for people's data.

> 
> Are there problems only with odd sizes, or do drivers have problems
> with non-512 sizes?

I believe they have problems with non 512 sizes (and probably alignments) 
too.

-Andi

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