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Date:      Mon, 3 Jun 2024 18:25:59 +0100
From:      Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Stefan_E=C3=9Fer?= <se@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 077f757d72e5 - main - newfs_msdos: align data area to VM page boundary by default
Message-ID:  <6D077B35-48BA-4516-BAB7-0B23CD3AB042@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <202406021227.452CRx8I007470@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202406021227.452CRx8I007470@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On 2 Jun 2024, at 13:27, Stefan E=C3=9Fer <se@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> The branch main has been updated by se:
>=20
> URL: =
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D077f757d72e561eb84193d8e58f63e96=
e69b8096
>=20
> commit 077f757d72e561eb84193d8e58f63e96e69b8096
> Author:     Stefan E=C3=9Fer <se@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2024-06-02 12:07:52 +0000
> Commit:     Stefan E=C3=9Fer <se@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2024-06-02 12:07:52 +0000
>=20
>    newfs_msdos: align data area to VM page boundary by default
>=20
>    Without alignment, the data area will not be aligned with the =
buffer
>    cache, leading to overhead, higher write multiplication on SSD =
devices
>    and issues with very large cluster sizes (see PR 277414).
>=20
>    The -A option used to align the start of the root directory to a
>    multiple of the cluster size, which happens to align the start of =
the
>    data area with a buffer page boundary in case of large clusters and
>    the default number of directory entries (512 entries requiring 16 =
KB
>    for FAT12 or FAT16, FAT32 puts the root directory into the data =
area).
>=20
>    This commit aligns the start of the data area with the page size, =
if
>    neither -A nor -r is used. It changes -A to align the start of the
>    data area (end of the root directory) to a multiple of the cluster
>    size, since this is the alignment that prevents write =
multiplication
>    due to clusters crossing erase block boundaries of a SSD device.
>    The -r option is unchanged and will prevent any automatic alignment
>    from occuring.

Hi,
This has completely broken[1] all of the Linux and macOS cross-build CI
jobs (which pass -DWITH_DISK_IMAGE_TOOLS_BOOTSTRAP). Please either fix
this promptly or back it out until you can do so.

Jess

[1] See https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/actions/runs/9338256762




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