On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 10:14:55AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:18:19 +0200
> Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 11:14:14AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > From: Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > 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 <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > 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
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > ---
> >
> > Alex,
> >
> > Could you please move this patch forward? We have the RDMA series [1] that
> > depends on this rename, and I would like to base it on the shared branch.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
>
> I tried to ping Jens regarding why the branch with this code hasn't
> been merged into their for-next branch, maybe you have more traction.
It is in block/for-next now, commit df73d3c618b4 ("Merge branch
'for-7.0/blk-pvec' into for-7.0/block".
Thanks
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
