// buffer, it is expected that input buffer is page aligned to
// 4K page boundaries. Without passing aligned buffer may cause
// this function to return error.
//
// This code is similar in spirit to io.Copy but it is only to be
// used with DIRECT I/O based file descriptor and it is expected that
// input writer *os.File not a generic io.Writer. Make sure to have
// the file opened for writes with syscall.O_DIRECT flag.

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