[PATCH 7.1 118/438] netfs: clear PG_private_2 on copy-to-cache append failure

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Aug 2026 16:35:14 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.stable,gmane.linux.file-systems
Message-ID <[email protected]>
7.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Yichong Chen <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit a81fc9266e1c5fef9ccf675a9b44b2f4ab464923 ]

netfs_pgpriv2_copy_to_cache() marks the folio with PG_private_2 before
netfs_pgpriv2_copy_folio() appends it to the copy-to-cache rolling
buffer.

If the append fails, the folio is not queued for cache writeback, so
the PG_private_2 state and its reference must be released immediately.

Fixes: e2d46f2ec332 ("netfs: Change the read result collector to only use one work item")
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
cc: Paulo Alcantara <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected]
cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
---
 fs/netfs/read_pgpriv2.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/read_pgpriv2.c b/fs/netfs/read_pgpriv2.c
index a1489aa29f782..7eacc58abadb7 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/read_pgpriv2.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/read_pgpriv2.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static void netfs_pgpriv2_copy_folio(struct netfs_io_request *creq, struct folio
 
 	/* Attach the folio to the rolling buffer. */
 	if (rolling_buffer_append(&creq->buffer, folio, 0) < 0) {
+		folio_end_private_2(folio);
 		clear_bit(NETFS_RREQ_FOLIO_COPY_TO_CACHE, &creq->flags);
 		return;
 	}
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2.53.0