Re: [PATCH net-next] net: devmem: remove net_iov_area base_virtual
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Tue Oct 06 2026 - 22:03:29 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Mon, 5 Oct 2026 13:18:22 -0700 you wrote:
> Since commit 083e64a3af77 ("net: devmem: replace gen_pool with
> freelist"), a binding has a single net_iov_area covering the whole
> dma-buf, and base_virtual is always 0. Its only reader is
> net_iov_virtual_addr(), where it adds nothing. io_uring zcrx never
> uses it.
>
> Drop the field and the store, and compute the dma-buf offset from the
> net_iov index alone.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next] net: devmem: remove net_iov_area base_virtual
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/7d3e5984d0fc
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