Re: [PATCH v2] block: Fix start and length check added to iov_iter_extract_bvecs()

From: Christoph Hellwig

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 02:16:22 EST


On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 10:42:17AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Should this grow a comment explaining why for non-iov/kvec/ubuf
> > we check the alignment of every sector instead of just the
> > start alignment?
>
> There should possibly be a comment explaining the need for an address
> alignment at all.

Sure.