On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:59:01 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> __loop_update_dio only checks the alignment requirement for block backed
> file systems, but misses them for the case where the loop device is
> created directly on top of another block device. Due to this creating
> a loop device with default option plus the direct I/O flag on a > 512 byte
> sector size file system will lead to incorrect I/O being submitted to the
> lower block device and a lot of error from the lock layer. This can
> be seen with xfstests generic/563.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] loop: fix the the direct I/O support check when used on top of block devices
commit: baa7d536077dcdfe2b70c476a8873d1745d3de0f
Best regards,
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Jens Axboe
