Re: [PATCH RFC 29/35] scsi: core: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry

[PATCH RFC 00/35] mm: remove nth_page() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 01/35] mm: stop making SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP user-selectable · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 01/35] mm: stop making SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP user-selectable · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 01/35] mm: stop making SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP user-selectable · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 01/35] mm: stop making SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP user-selectable · SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 02/35] arm64: Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP" · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 02/35] arm64: Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP" · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 03/35] s390/Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP" · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 03/35] s390/Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP" · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 05/35] wireguard: selftests: remove CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=y from qemu kernel config · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 05/35] wireguard: selftests: remove CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=y from qemu kernel config · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 05/35] wireguard: selftests: remove CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=y from qemu kernel config · "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> · 2025-09-08
[PATCH RFC 04/35] x86/Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP" · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 04/35] x86/Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP" · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · Balbir Singh <hidden> · 2025-10-09
Re: [PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-10-09
Re: [PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · Balbir Singh <hidden> · 2025-10-09
Re: [PATCH RFC 06/35] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-10-09
[PATCH RFC 07/35] mm/memremap: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in memremap_pages() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 07/35] mm/memremap: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in memremap_pages() · SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 08/35] mm/hugetlb: check for unreasonable folio sizes when registering hstate · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 09/35] mm/mm_init: make memmap_init_compound() look more like prep_compound_page() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 09/35] mm/mm_init: make memmap_init_compound() look more like prep_compound_page() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 09/35] mm/mm_init: make memmap_init_compound() look more like prep_compound_page() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · Mika Penttilä <mpenttil@redhat.com> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-23
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-25
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-25
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-25
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-25
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-25
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-25
Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-25
update kernel-doc for MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT (was: Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap()) · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-25
Re: update kernel-doc for MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-25
Re: update kernel-doc for MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT (was: Re: [PATCH RFC 10/35] mm/hugetlb: cleanup hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap()) · patchwork-bot+linux-riscv@kernel.org · 2025-10-09
[PATCH RFC 12/35] mm: limit folio/compound page sizes in problematic kernel configs · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 12/35] mm: limit folio/compound page sizes in problematic kernel configs · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 12/35] mm: limit folio/compound page sizes in problematic kernel configs · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 12/35] mm: limit folio/compound page sizes in problematic kernel configs · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 12/35] mm: limit folio/compound page sizes in problematic kernel configs · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2025-08-24
[PATCH RFC 13/35] mm: simplify folio_page() and folio_page_idx() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 13/35] mm: simplify folio_page() and folio_page_idx() · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 13/35] mm: simplify folio_page() and folio_page_idx() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 11/35] mm: sanity-check maximum folio size in folio_set_order() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 11/35] mm: sanity-check maximum folio size in folio_set_order() · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 14/35] mm/mm/percpu-km: drop nth_page() usage within single allocation · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 15/35] fs: hugetlbfs: remove nth_page() usage within folio in adjust_range_hwpoison() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 16/35] mm/pagewalk: drop nth_page() usage within folio in folio_walk_start() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 17/35] mm/gup: drop nth_page() usage within folio when recording subpages · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 18/35] io_uring/zcrx: remove "struct io_copy_cache" and one nth_page() usage · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 18/35] io_uring/zcrx: remove "struct io_copy_cache" and one nth_page() usage · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 18/35] io_uring/zcrx: remove "struct io_copy_cache" and one nth_page() usage · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 18/35] io_uring/zcrx: remove "struct io_copy_cache" and one nth_page() usage · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> · 2025-08-27
[PATCH RFC 19/35] io_uring/zcrx: remove nth_page() usage within folio · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 20/35] mips: mm: convert __flush_dcache_pages() to __flush_dcache_folio_pages() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 22/35] dma-remap: drop nth_page() in dma_common_contiguous_remap() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 22/35] dma-remap: drop nth_page() in dma_common_contiguous_remap() · Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 23/35] scatterlist: disallow non-contigous page ranges in a single SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 23/35] scatterlist: disallow non-contigous page ranges in a single SG entry · Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 21/35] mm/cma: refuse handing out non-contiguous page ranges · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 21/35] mm/cma: refuse handing out non-contiguous page ranges · Alexandru Elisei <hidden> · 2025-08-26
Re: [PATCH RFC 21/35] mm/cma: refuse handing out non-contiguous page ranges · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-26
Re: [PATCH RFC 21/35] mm/cma: refuse handing out non-contiguous page ranges · Alexandru Elisei <hidden> · 2025-08-26
Re: [PATCH RFC 21/35] mm/cma: refuse handing out non-contiguous page ranges · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-26
Re: [PATCH RFC 21/35] mm/cma: refuse handing out non-contiguous page ranges · Alexandru Elisei <hidden> · 2025-08-26
[PATCH RFC 24/35] ata: libata-eh: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 24/35] ata: libata-eh: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 24/35] ata: libata-eh: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 25/35] drm/i915/gem: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 26/35] mspro_block: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 27/35] memstick: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 28/35] mmc: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 29/35] scsi: core: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 29/35] scsi: core: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> · 2025-08-22
Re: [PATCH RFC 29/35] scsi: core: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-22
[PATCH RFC 30/35] vfio/pci: drop nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 31/35] crypto: remove nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 31/35] crypto: remove nth_page() usage within SG entry · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 31/35] crypto: remove nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 31/35] crypto: remove nth_page() usage within SG entry · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 31/35] crypto: remove nth_page() usage within SG entry · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 31/35] crypto: remove nth_page() usage within SG entry · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 33/35] kfence: drop nth_page() usage · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 33/35] kfence: drop nth_page() usage · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 33/35] kfence: drop nth_page() usage · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 34/35] block: update comment of "struct bio_vec" regarding nth_page() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 35/35] mm: remove nth_page() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[PATCH RFC 32/35] mm/gup: drop nth_page() usage in unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock() · David Hildenbrand <hidden> · 2025-08-21
[syzbot ci] Re: mm: remove nth_page() · syzbot ci <hidden> · 2025-08-21
Re: [PATCH RFC 00/35] mm: remove nth_page() · Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> · 2025-08-22

From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Date: 2025-08-22 18:02:36
Also in: dri-devel, intel-gfx, io-uring, kvm, linux-crypto, linux-ide, linux-iommu, linux-kselftest, linux-mips, linux-mm, linux-mmc, linux-riscv, linux-s390, linux-scsi, lkml, virtualization

On 8/21/25 1:06 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:

It's no longer required to use nth_page() when iterating pages within a
single SG entry, so let's drop the nth_page() usage.

Usually the SCSI core and the SG I/O driver are updated separately.
Anyway:

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>

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