[PATCH 2/2] nvme: blk_rq_dma_map_iter_next is no longer using iova state

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Mon Jan 12 23:24:08 PST 2026


On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 07:58:22PM +0530, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
>> Hu... Why is this not squashed with the previous patch ? If only patch 1 is
>> applied, this will not compile, right ?
>>
> I couldn’t decide whether to use the layering convention or a unified patch,
> so I chose one patch per layer.
> Agreed, independently this doesn't compile, merging make sense.
> I will resend.

Rule number one is: don't break compilation after each step.
Everything else is secondary.

Also I'm only seeing patch 2 anyway, and not patch 1.




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