Re: [PATCH] netfs: Fix the handling of stream->front by removing it

Christian Brauner
2026-03-26T14:19:40Z

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:20:17 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> The netfs_io_stream::front member is meant to point to the subrequest
> currently being collected on a stream, but it isn't actually used this way
> by direct write (which mostly ignores it). However, there's a tracepoint
> which looks at it. Further, stream->front is actually redundant with
> stream->subrequests.next.
>
> Fix the potential problem in the direct code by just removing the member
> and using stream->subrequests.next instead, thereby also simplifying the
> code.
>
> [...]

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

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