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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] block: separate out padding from alignment
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    On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 15:10 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
    > Block layer alignment was used for two different purposes - memory
    > alignment and padding. This causes problems in lower layers because
    > drivers which only require memory alignment ends up with adjusted
    > rq->data_len. Separate out padding such that padding occurs iff
    > driver explicitly requests it.

    This puts the libsas SMP handler back into a working state again.

    Thanks,

    James




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