Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] block: introduce bio_required_sector_alignment()

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 09:26:05PM +0000, Satya Tangirala wrote:
> +/*
> + * The required sector alignment for a bio. The number of sectors in any bio
> + * that's constructed/split must be aligned to this value.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned int bio_required_sector_alignment(struct bio *bio)
> +{
> +	struct request_queue *q = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue;
> +
> +	return max(queue_logical_block_size(q) >> SECTOR_SHIFT,
> +		   blk_crypto_bio_sectors_alignment(bio));
> +}

It might make more sense to just have a field in the request queue
for the max alignment so that the fast path just looks at one field.
Then the various setup time functions would update it to the maximum
required.