From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
patches@lists.linux.dev, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12 437/869] netfs: Use a folio_queue allocation and free functions
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:54:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261017160048.342744268@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261017160036.979869304@linuxfoundation.org>
6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
[ Upstream commit eb1181594417dafad0f75808ead71f6d5170c1ea ]
Provide and use folio_queue allocation and free functions to combine the
allocation, initialisation and stat (un)accounting steps that are repeated
in several places.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241216204124.3752367-4-dhowells@redhat.com
cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: dbd6f56d975b ("netfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async cache object creation")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/netfs/buffered_read.c | 12 +++---------
fs/netfs/misc.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
include/linux/netfs.h | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
index ec78ad094cf4a..e0822ecabb342 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
@@ -131,11 +131,9 @@ static ssize_t netfs_prepare_read_iterator(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
struct folio_queue *tail = rreq->buffer_tail, *new;
size_t added;
- new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_NOFS);
+ new = netfs_folioq_alloc(GFP_NOFS);
if (!new)
return -ENOMEM;
- netfs_stat(&netfs_n_folioq);
- folioq_init(new);
new->prev = tail;
tail->next = new;
rreq->buffer_tail = new;
@@ -363,11 +361,9 @@ static int netfs_prime_buffer(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
struct folio_batch put_batch;
size_t added;
- folioq = kmalloc(sizeof(*folioq), GFP_KERNEL);
+ folioq = netfs_folioq_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
if (!folioq)
return -ENOMEM;
- netfs_stat(&netfs_n_folioq);
- folioq_init(folioq);
rreq->buffer = folioq;
rreq->buffer_tail = folioq;
rreq->submitted = rreq->start;
@@ -440,12 +436,10 @@ static int netfs_create_singular_buffer(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct fo
{
struct folio_queue *folioq;
- folioq = kmalloc(sizeof(*folioq), GFP_KERNEL);
+ folioq = netfs_folioq_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
if (!folioq)
return -ENOMEM;
- netfs_stat(&netfs_n_folioq);
- folioq_init(folioq);
folioq_append(folioq, folio);
BUG_ON(folioq_folio(folioq, 0) != folio);
BUG_ON(folioq_folio_order(folioq, 0) != folio_order(folio));
diff --git a/fs/netfs/misc.c b/fs/netfs/misc.c
index 8bdacbf15226c..fbd239e6d3114 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/misc.c
@@ -9,6 +9,38 @@
#include <linux/rmap.h>
#include "internal.h"
+/**
+ * netfs_folioq_alloc - Allocate a folio_queue struct
+ * @gfp: Allocation constraints
+ *
+ * Allocate, initialise and account the folio_queue struct.
+ */
+struct folio_queue *netfs_folioq_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct folio_queue *fq;
+
+ fq = kmalloc(sizeof(*fq), gfp);
+ if (fq) {
+ netfs_stat(&netfs_n_folioq);
+ folioq_init(fq);
+ }
+ return fq;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_folioq_alloc);
+
+/**
+ * netfs_folioq_free - Free a folio_queue struct
+ * @folioq: The object to free
+ *
+ * Free and unaccount the folio_queue struct.
+ */
+void netfs_folioq_free(struct folio_queue *folioq)
+{
+ netfs_stat_d(&netfs_n_folioq);
+ kfree(folioq);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_folioq_free);
+
/*
* Make sure there's space in the rolling queue.
*/
@@ -88,8 +120,7 @@ struct folio_queue *netfs_delete_buffer_head(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
if (next)
next->prev = NULL;
- netfs_stat_d(&netfs_n_folioq);
- kfree(head);
+ netfs_folioq_free(head);
wreq->buffer = next;
return next;
}
@@ -112,8 +143,7 @@ void netfs_clear_buffer(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
folio_put(folio);
}
}
- netfs_stat_d(&netfs_n_folioq);
- kfree(p);
+ netfs_folioq_free(p);
}
}
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index f8e0d9fa745a2..5180292bd2d10 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
enum netfs_sreq_ref_trace;
typedef struct mempool_s mempool_t;
+struct folio_queue;
/**
* folio_start_private_2 - Start an fscache write on a folio. [DEPRECATED]
@@ -455,6 +456,10 @@ void netfs_end_io_write(struct inode *inode);
int netfs_start_io_direct(struct inode *inode);
void netfs_end_io_direct(struct inode *inode);
+/* Miscellaneous APIs. */
+struct folio_queue *netfs_folioq_alloc(gfp_t gfp);
+void netfs_folioq_free(struct folio_queue *folioq);
+
/**
* netfs_inode - Get the netfs inode context from the inode
* @inode: The inode to query
--
2.53.0
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[not found] <20261017160036.979869304@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-10-17 15:53 ` [PATCH 6.12 355/869] netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:53 ` [PATCH 6.12 356/869] netfs: Fix missing locking around retry adding new subreqs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:53 ` [PATCH 6.12 365/869] netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:54 ` [PATCH 6.12 436/869] netfs: Clean up some whitespace in trace header Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:54 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-10-17 15:54 ` [PATCH 6.12 438/869] netfs: Add a tracepoint to log the lifespan of folio_queue structs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:54 ` [PATCH 6.12 439/869] netfs: Abstract out a rolling folio buffer implementation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:54 ` [PATCH 6.12 440/869] netfs: Drop the was_async arg from netfs_read_subreq_terminated() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:54 ` [PATCH 6.12 441/869] netfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async cache object creation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 15:55 ` [PATCH 6.12 497/869] netfs: Fix folio_queue ENOMEM in writeback by adding a mempool Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 16:01 ` [PATCH 6.12 845/869] netfs: release readahead folios on iterator preparation failure Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-17 16:01 ` [PATCH 6.12 846/869] netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under writeback iteration Greg Kroah-Hartman
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