Topic: How `ODIRECT` requires `posix``memalign` or `mmap` for buffer allocation, and why Python's `open()` can't satisfy these constraints without ctypes

Date: 2026-05-29

Time: 11:04

Now I have all the context I need. Let me write the explanation.

Topic: How ODIRECT requires posixmemalign or mmap for buffer allocation, and why Python's open() can't satisfy these constraints without ctypes