bio_vec, bv_page and folios

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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: bio_vec, bv_page and folios
From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2024 08:56:46 +0000
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Hi Christoph, Willy,

Will bv_page in struct bio_vec ever become a folio pointer rather than I page
pointer?  I'm guessing not as it still presumably needs to be able to point to
non-folio pages.

David

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