static ssize_t
read_lba(int fd, uint64_t lba, void *buffer, size_t bytes)
{
- int sector_size = get_sector_size(fd);
- off_t offset = lba * sector_size;
+ int sector_size = get_sector_size(fd);
+ off_t offset = lba * sector_size;
ssize_t bytesread;
- void *aligned;
- void *unaligned;
-
- if (bytes % sector_size)
- return EINVAL;
+ void *iobuf;
+ size_t iobuf_size;
+ int rc;
- unaligned = malloc(bytes+sector_size-1);
- aligned = (void *)
- (((unsigned long)unaligned + sector_size - 1) &
- ~(unsigned long)(sector_size-1));
- memset(aligned, 0, bytes);
+ iobuf_size = lcm(bytes, sector_size);
+ rc = posix_memalign(&iobuf, sector_size, iobuf_size);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+ memset(iobuf, 0, bytes);
- lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
- bytesread = read(fd, aligned, bytes);
- memcpy(buffer, aligned, bytesread);
- free(unaligned);
+ lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
+ bytesread = read(fd, iobuf, iobuf_size);
+ memcpy(buffer, iobuf, bytes);
+ free(iobuf);
/* Kludge. This is necessary to read/write the last
block of an odd-sized disk, until Linux 2.5.x kernel fixes.