linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] block: Generalize physical entry definition

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Message-ID: <20260118080109.GA14182@unreal>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:01:09 +0200
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>, Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
	linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] block: Generalize physical entry definition

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 01:32:41PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:10:46 -0700
> Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:41:22 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > Jens,
> > > 
> > > I would like to ask you to put these patches on some shared branch based
> > > on v6.19-rcX tag, so I will be able to reuse this general type in VFIO
> > > and DMABUF code.
> > > 
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Changelog:
> > > v3:
> > >  * Rebased on top v6.19-rc1
> > >  * Added note that memory size is not changed despite change in the
> > >    variable type.
> > > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/20251117-nvme-phys-types-v2-0-c75a60a2c468@nvidia.com/
> > >  * Added Chaitanya's Reviewed-by tags.
> > >  * Removed explicit casting from size_t to unsigned int.
> > > v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20251115-nvme-phys-types-v1-0-c0f2e5e9163d@kernel.org
> > > 
> > > [...]  
> > 
> > Applied, thanks!
> > 
> > [1/2] nvme-pci: Use size_t for length fields to handle larger sizes
> >       commit: 073b9bf9af463d32555c5ebaf7e28c3a44c715d0
> > [2/2] types: move phys_vec definition to common header
> >       commit: fcf463b92a08686d1aeb1e66674a72eb7a8bfb9b
> 
> Hi Jens,
> 
> I see this is currently on your for-7.0/blk-pvec branch, thanks for
> splitting it out.  I haven't seen this merged into your for-next branch
> though, which gives me some pause merging it for a dependent series
> from Leon.  Is there anything blocking that merge?  Thanks,

Jens,

Could you please merge the for-7.0/blk-pvec branch into your block/for-next
tree? The VFIO changes depend on the blk-pvec branch, and the RDMA changes
are based on the VFIO updates.

Thanks

> 
> Alex