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Message-ID: <20260119133838.66203b01@shazbot.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:38:38 -0700
From: Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 iommu@...ts.linux.dev, kvm@...r.kernel.org, Sumit Semwal
 <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>, Christian König
 <christian.koenig@....com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Kevin Tian
 <kevin.tian@...el.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon
 <will@...nel.org>, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, 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,  7 Jan 2026 11:14:14 +0200
Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> 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

Applied to vfio next branch for v6.20/7.0 and pushed tag
common_phys_vec_via_vfio including this commit and dependency.
Thanks,

Alex


> ---
> Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Cc: linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: iommu@...ts.linux.dev
> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> To: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>
> To: Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
> To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
> To: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>
> To: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
> To: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> To: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
> To: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>
> To: Shameer Kolothum <skolothumtho@...dia.com>
> To: Ankit Agrawal <ankita@...dia.com>
> To: Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c       |  6 +++---
>  drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.h    |  2 +-
>  drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h |  5 ++---
>  drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c           |  4 ++--
>  drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c        |  2 +-
>  drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c      |  8 ++++----
>  include/linux/dma-buf-mapping.h         |  2 +-
>  include/linux/dma-buf.h                 | 10 ----------
>  include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h           | 13 ++++++-------
>  10 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c
> index b7352e609fbd..174677faa577 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c
> @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ static struct scatterlist *fill_sg_entry(struct scatterlist *sgl, size_t length,
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned int calc_sg_nents(struct dma_iova_state *state,
> -				  struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> -				  size_t nr_ranges, size_t size)
> +				  struct phys_vec *phys_vec, size_t nr_ranges,
> +				  size_t size)
>  {
>  	unsigned int nents = 0;
>  	size_t i;
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct dma_buf_dma {
>   */
>  struct sg_table *dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>  					 struct p2pdma_provider *provider,
> -					 struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +					 struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  					 size_t nr_ranges, size_t size,
>  					 enum dma_data_direction dir)
>  {
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.h b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.h
> index 14cd052fd320..27e3e311d395 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.h
> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct iopt_pages_dmabuf_track {
>  
>  struct iopt_pages_dmabuf {
>  	struct dma_buf_attachment *attach;
> -	struct dma_buf_phys_vec phys;
> +	struct phys_vec phys;
>  	/* Always PAGE_SIZE aligned */
>  	unsigned long start;
>  	struct list_head tracker;
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h
> index eb6d1a70f673..6ac1965199e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h
> @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ struct iommu_group;
>  struct iommu_option;
>  struct iommufd_device;
>  struct dma_buf_attachment;
> -struct dma_buf_phys_vec;
>  
>  struct iommufd_sw_msi_map {
>  	struct list_head sw_msi_item;
> @@ -718,7 +717,7 @@ int __init iommufd_test_init(void);
>  void iommufd_test_exit(void);
>  bool iommufd_selftest_is_mock_dev(struct device *dev);
>  int iommufd_test_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
> -				     struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys);
> +				     struct phys_vec *phys);
>  #else
>  static inline void iommufd_test_syz_conv_iova_id(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd,
>  						 unsigned int ioas_id,
> @@ -742,7 +741,7 @@ static inline bool iommufd_selftest_is_mock_dev(struct device *dev)
>  }
>  static inline int
>  iommufd_test_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
> -				 struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys)
> +				 struct phys_vec *phys)
>  {
>  	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c
> index dbe51ecb9a20..bababd564cf9 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c
> @@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ static int pfn_reader_user_update_pinned(struct pfn_reader_user *user,
>  }
>  
>  struct pfn_reader_dmabuf {
> -	struct dma_buf_phys_vec phys;
> +	struct phys_vec phys;
>  	unsigned long start_offset;
>  };
>  
> @@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ static struct dma_buf_attach_ops iopt_dmabuf_attach_revoke_ops = {
>   */
>  static int
>  sym_vfio_pci_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
> -				 struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys)
> +				 struct phys_vec *phys)
>  {
>  	typeof(&vfio_pci_dma_buf_iommufd_map) fn;
>  	int rc;
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c
> index 550ff36dec3a..989d8c4c60a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c
> @@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ static const struct dma_buf_ops iommufd_test_dmabuf_ops = {
>  };
>  
>  int iommufd_test_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
> -				     struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys)
> +				     struct phys_vec *phys)
>  {
>  	struct iommufd_test_dma_buf *priv = attachment->dmabuf->priv;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c
> index 84d142a47ec6..a0f4edd6a30b 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ nvgrace_gpu_write(struct vfio_device *core_vdev,
>  static int nvgrace_get_dmabuf_phys(struct vfio_pci_core_device *core_vdev,
>  				   struct p2pdma_provider **provider,
>  				   unsigned int region_index,
> -				   struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +				   struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  				   struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  				   size_t nr_ranges)
>  {
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
> index d4d0f7d08c53..9a84c238c013 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct vfio_pci_dma_buf {
>  	struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev;
>  	struct list_head dmabufs_elm;
>  	size_t size;
> -	struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec;
> +	struct phys_vec *phys_vec;
>  	struct p2pdma_provider *provider;
>  	u32 nr_ranges;
>  	u8 revoked : 1;
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const struct dma_buf_ops vfio_pci_dmabuf_ops = {
>   *    will fail if it is currently revoked
>   */
>  int vfio_pci_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
> -				 struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys)
> +				 struct phys_vec *phys)
>  {
>  	struct vfio_pci_dma_buf *priv;
>  
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int vfio_pci_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(vfio_pci_dma_buf_iommufd_map, "iommufd");
>  
> -int vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +int vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  				struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  				size_t nr_ranges, phys_addr_t start,
>  				phys_addr_t len)
> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec);
>  int vfio_pci_core_get_dmabuf_phys(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>  				  struct p2pdma_provider **provider,
>  				  unsigned int region_index,
> -				  struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +				  struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  				  struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  				  size_t nr_ranges)
>  {
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-buf-mapping.h
> index a3c0ce2d3a42..09bde3f748e4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-buf-mapping.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-buf-mapping.h
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  
>  struct sg_table *dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>  					 struct p2pdma_provider *provider,
> -					 struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +					 struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  					 size_t nr_ranges, size_t size,
>  					 enum dma_data_direction dir);
>  void dma_buf_free_sgt(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach, struct sg_table *sgt,
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> index 0bc492090237..400a5311368e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> @@ -531,16 +531,6 @@ struct dma_buf_export_info {
>  	void *priv;
>  };
>  
> -/**
> - * struct dma_buf_phys_vec - describe continuous chunk of memory
> - * @paddr:   physical address of that chunk
> - * @len:     Length of this chunk
> - */
> -struct dma_buf_phys_vec {
> -	phys_addr_t paddr;
> -	size_t len;
> -};
> -
>  /**
>   * DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO - helper macro for exporters
>   * @name: export-info name
> diff --git a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
> index 706877f998ff..2ac288bb2c60 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
>  struct vfio_pci_core_device;
>  struct vfio_pci_region;
>  struct p2pdma_provider;
> -struct dma_buf_phys_vec;
>  struct dma_buf_attachment;
>  
>  struct vfio_pci_eventfd {
> @@ -62,25 +61,25 @@ struct vfio_pci_device_ops {
>  	int (*get_dmabuf_phys)(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>  			       struct p2pdma_provider **provider,
>  			       unsigned int region_index,
> -			       struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +			       struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  			       struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  			       size_t nr_ranges);
>  };
>  
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF)
> -int vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +int vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  				struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  				size_t nr_ranges, phys_addr_t start,
>  				phys_addr_t len);
>  int vfio_pci_core_get_dmabuf_phys(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>  				  struct p2pdma_provider **provider,
>  				  unsigned int region_index,
> -				  struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +				  struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  				  struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  				  size_t nr_ranges);
>  #else
>  static inline int
> -vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  			    struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges,
>  			    size_t nr_ranges, phys_addr_t start,
>  			    phys_addr_t len)
> @@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ vfio_pci_core_fill_phys_vec(struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  }
>  static inline int vfio_pci_core_get_dmabuf_phys(
>  	struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, struct p2pdma_provider **provider,
> -	unsigned int region_index, struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys_vec,
> +	unsigned int region_index, struct phys_vec *phys_vec,
>  	struct vfio_region_dma_range *dma_ranges, size_t nr_ranges)
>  {
>  	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> @@ -228,6 +227,6 @@ static inline bool is_aligned_for_order(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  }
>  
>  int vfio_pci_dma_buf_iommufd_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
> -				 struct dma_buf_phys_vec *phys);
> +				 struct phys_vec *phys);
>  
>  #endif /* VFIO_PCI_CORE_H */
> 
> ---
> base-commit: fcf463b92a08686d1aeb1e66674a72eb7a8bfb9b
> change-id: 20260107-convert-to-pvec-bf04dfcf3d12
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> 


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