kernel/linux.git/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c, branch v7.0-rc7

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

netfs: Use folio_next_pos()

2025-10-31T12:11:38+00:00

This is one instruction more efficient than open-coding folio_pos() + folio_size(). It's the equivalent of (x + y) << z rather than x << z + y << z. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251024170822.1427218-9-willy@infradead.org Acked-by: David Howells Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) Cc: David Howells Cc: Paulo Alcantara Cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

netfs: Prevent duplicate unlocking

2025-09-15T11:57:15+00:00

The filio lock has been released here, so there is no need to jump to error_folio_unlock to release it again. Reported-by: syzbot+b73c7d94a151e2ee1e9b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b73c7d94a151e2ee1e9b Signed-off-by: Lizhi Xu Acked-by: David Howells Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

netfs: Merge i_size update functions

2025-07-01T20:37:14+00:00

Netfslib has two functions for updating the i_size after a write: one for buffered writes into the pagecache and one for direct/unbuffered writes. However, what needs to be done is much the same in both cases, so merge them together. This does raise one question, though: should updating the i_size after a direct write do the same estimated update of i_blocks as is done for buffered writes. Also get rid of the cleanup function pointer from netfs_io_request as it's only used for direct write to update i_size; instead do the i_size setting directly from write collection. Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250701163852.2171681-12-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Steve French cc: Paulo Alcantara cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

netfs: Fix i_size updating

2025-07-01T20:37:14+00:00

Fix the updating of i_size, particularly in regard to the completion of DIO writes and especially async DIO writes by using a lock. The bug is triggered occasionally by the generic/207 xfstest as it chucks a bunch of AIO DIO writes at the filesystem and then checks that fstat() returns a reasonable st_size as each completes. The problem is that netfs is trying to do "if new_size > inode->i_size, update inode->i_size" sort of thing but without a lock around it. This can be seen with cifs, but shouldn't be seen with kafs because kafs serialises modification ops on the client whereas cifs sends the requests to the server as they're generated and lets the server order them. Fixes: 153a9961b551 ("netfs: Implement unbuffered/DIO write support") Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250701163852.2171681-11-dhowells@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) cc: Steve French cc: Paulo Alcantara cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

Merge patch series "netfs: Miscellaneous fixes"

2025-05-21T12:35:34+00:00

David Howells says: Here are some miscellaneous fixes and changes for netfslib, if you could pull them: (1) Fix an oops in write-retry due to mis-resetting the I/O iterator. (2) Fix the recording of transferred bytes for short DIO reads. (3) Fix a request's work item to not require a reference, thereby avoiding the need to get rid of it in BH/IRQ context. (4) Fix waiting and waking to be consistent about the waitqueue used. * patches from https://lore.kernel.org/20250519090707.2848510-1-dhowells@redhat.com: netfs: Fix wait/wake to be consistent about the waitqueue used netfs: Fix the request's work item to not require a ref netfs: Fix setting of transferred bytes with short DIO reads netfs: Fix oops in write-retry from mis-resetting the subreq iterator Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250519090707.2848510-1-dhowells@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

netfs: Fix wait/wake to be consistent about the waitqueue used

2025-05-21T12:35:21+00:00

Fix further inconsistencies in the use of waitqueues (clear_and_wake_up_bit() vs private waitqueue). Move some of this stuff from the read and write sides into common code so that it can be done in fewer places. To make this work, async I/O needs to set NETFS_RREQ_OFFLOAD_COLLECTION to indicate that a workqueue will do the collecting and places that call the wait function need to deal with it returning the amount transferred. Fixes: e2d46f2ec332 ("netfs: Change the read result collector to only use one work item") Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250519090707.2848510-5-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Marc Dionne cc: Steve French cc: Ihor Solodrai cc: Eric Van Hensbergen cc: Latchesar Ionkov cc: Dominique Martinet cc: Christian Schoenebeck cc: Paulo Alcantara cc: Jeff Layton cc: v9fs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

fs/netfs: remove unused flag NETFS_ICTX_WRITETHROUGH

2025-05-21T12:34:37+00:00

This flag was added by commit 41d8e7673a77 ("netfs: Implement a write-through caching option") but it was never used. Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250519134813.2975312-5-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Paulo Alcantara cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

netfs: Remove unnecessary references to pages

2024-10-07T11:45:15+00:00

These places should all use folios instead of pages. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241005182307.3190401-4-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner