[PATCH v2] Do not require atomic writes to be power of 2 sized and aligned on length boundary
Vitaliy Filippov
vitalifster at gmail.com
Sun Dec 21 05:24:02 PST 2025
It contradicts NVMe specification where alignment is only required when atomic
write boundary (NABSPF/NABO) is set and highly limits usage of NVMe atomic writes
Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Filippov <vitalifster at gmail.com>
---
fs/read_write.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 833bae068770..5467d710108d 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1802,17 +1802,9 @@ int generic_file_rw_checks(struct file *file_in, struct file *file_out)
int generic_atomic_write_valid(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
{
- size_t len = iov_iter_count(iter);
-
if (!iter_is_ubuf(iter))
return -EINVAL;
- if (!is_power_of_2(len))
- return -EINVAL;
-
- if (!IS_ALIGNED(iocb->ki_pos, len))
- return -EINVAL;
-
if (!(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.51.0
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