Document the new STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN flag and the new
stx_dio_read_offset_align field guarded by it.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
man/man2/statx.2 | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/man2/statx.2 b/man/man2/statx.2
index c5b5a28ec2f1..378bf363d93f 100644
--- a/man/man2/statx.2
+++ b/man/man2/statx.2
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ struct statx {
__u32 stx_atomic_write_unit_min;
__u32 stx_atomic_write_unit_max;
__u32 stx_atomic_write_segments_max;
+
+ /* File offset alignment for direct I/O reads */
+ __u32 stx_dio_read_offset_align;
};
.EE
.in
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ STATX_BTIME Want stx_btime
STATX_ALL The same as STATX_BASIC_STATS | STATX_BTIME.
It is deprecated and should not be used.
STATX_MNT_ID Want stx_mnt_id (since Linux 5.8)
-STATX_DIOALIGN Want stx_dio_mem_align and stx_dio_offset_align
+STATX_DIOALIGN Want stx_dio_mem_align and stx_dio_offset_align.
(since Linux 6.1; support varies by filesystem)
STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE Want unique stx_mnt_id (since Linux 6.8)
STATX_SUBVOL Want stx_subvol
@@ -270,6 +273,8 @@ STATX_WRITE_ATOMIC Want stx_atomic_write_unit_min,
stx_atomic_write_unit_max,
and stx_atomic_write_segments_max.
(since Linux 6.11; support varies by filesystem)
+STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN Want stx_dio_read_offset_align.
+ (since Linux 6.14; support varies by filesystem)
.TE
.in
.P
@@ -467,6 +472,26 @@ This will only be nonzero if
.I stx_dio_mem_align
is nonzero, and vice versa.
.TP
+.I stx_dio_read_offset_align
+The alignment (in bytes) required for file offsets and I/O segment lengths for
+direct I/O reads
+.RB ( O_DIRECT )
+on this file. If zero the limit in
+.I
+stx_dio_offset_align
+applies for reads as well. If non-zero this value must be
+smaller than
+.I
+stx_dio_offset_align
+which must be provided by the file system.
+This value does not affect the memory alignent in
+.I stx_dio_mem_align .
+.IP
+.B STATX_DIO_READ_ALIGN
+.I ( stx_dio_offset_align )
+support by filesystem;
+it is supported by xfs since Linux 6.14.
+.TP
.I stx_subvol
Subvolume number of the current file.
.IP
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