> But I am using multiples of page size in both buffer alignment and
> buffer size (2nd and 3rd parameters of read). The issue is that
> when I try to read files with sizes that are NOT multiples of block
> size (and therefore also not multiples of page size), the read
> syscall returns 0, with no errors.
What filesystem?
Can you send an strace of this occurring?
> So the question remains, am I able to read just files whose size is
> a multiple of block size?
No.
You ideally should be able to read any length file with O_DIRECT.
Even a 1-byte file.
--cw
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