Re: [PATCH v3 REPOST] netfs: fix reference leak

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:08:20 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Commit 20d72b00ca81 ("netfs: Fix the request's work item to not
> require a ref") modified netfs_alloc_request() to initialize the
> reference counter to 2 instead of 1.  The rationale was that the
> requet's "work" would release the second reference after completion
> (via netfs_{read,write}_collection_worker()).  That works most of the
> time if all goes well.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] netfs: fix reference leak
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4d428dca252c