Re: types: reuse common phys_vec type instead of DMABUF open‑coded variant
From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Wed Jan 07 2026 - 11:00:57 EST
On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 11:14:14AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> After commit fcf463b92a08 ("types: move phys_vec definition to common header"),
> we can use the shared phys_vec type instead of the DMABUF‑specific
> dma_buf_phys_vec, which duplicated the same structure and semantics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Alex,
>
> According to diffstat, VFIO is the subsystem with the largest set of changes,
> so it would be great if you could take it through your tree.
>
> The series is based on the for-7.0/blk-pvec shared branch from Jens:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux.git/log/?h=for-7.0/blk-pvec
Great!
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Jason