Re: [PATCH 1/4] NTB: ntb_transport: Handle remapped contiguous region in vmalloc space

From: Logan Gunthorpe

Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 11:45:35 EST




On 2025-10-27 19:14, Koichiro Den wrote:
>
> I agree there's room for improvement around this "double" mapping.
> I'll think about a follow-up patch to clean this up.
>
>>
>> At the very least, I think these issues need to be mentioned in the
>> commit message.
>
> As for the commit message, I think adding one more line like:
> "See relevant commit 061a785a114f ("ntb: Force physically contiguous allocation of rx ring buffers")"
> should be sufficient. What do you think?

Ah, I see why that is now. Thanks for the explanation.

Adding the link helps, but I still think the commit message needs to
mention why the memory is guaranteed to be physically contiguous.

Thanks,

Logan