linux-kernel - Re: types: reuse common phys_vec type instead of DMABUF open‑coded variant

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Message-ID: <20260107160047.GB340082@ziepe.ca>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 12:00:47 -0400
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
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	Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>,
	Shameer Kolothum <skolothumtho@...dia.com>,
	Ankit Agrawal <ankita@...dia.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: types: reuse common phys_vec type instead of DMABUF open‑coded variant

On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 11:14:14AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> 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@...dia.com>
> ---
> 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@...dia.com>

Jason