linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] types: move phys_vec definition to common header

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Message-ID: <45c46766-2cf4-4e0a-8756-131872ca188b@nvidia.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:25:08 +0000
From: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Keith
 Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg
	<sagi@...mberg.me>
CC: "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] types: move phys_vec definition to common header

On 11/15/25 08:22, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky<leonro@...dia.com>
>
> Move the struct phys_vec definition from block/blk-mq-dma.c to
> include/linux/types.h to make it available for use across the kernel.
>
> The phys_vec structure represents a physical address range with a
> length, which is used by the new physical address-based DMA mapping
> API. This structure is already used by the block layer and will be
> needed for DMA phys API users.
>
> Moving this definition to types.h provides a centralized location
> for this common data structure and eliminates code duplication
> across subsystems that need to work with physical address ranges.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky<leonro@...dia.com>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>

-ck