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

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Message-ID: <9ee2af51-9716-469e-97c3-dc59c545085a@kernel.dk>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:28:26 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
 Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
 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 1/14/26 1:32 PM, 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,

Nope, I can certainly merge it in. Did so now.

-- 
Jens Axboe