[PATCH 3/4] netfs: release readahead folios on iterator preparation failure

David Howells <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:07:14 +0100
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.netfs,org.kernel.vger.ceph-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-cifs,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Yichong Chen <[email protected]>

netfs_prepare_read_iterator() batches readahead folios in put_batch so that
the folio references can be dropped after the I/O iterator has been
prepared.

If rolling_buffer_load_from_ra() fails after earlier folios have been
batched, the function returns immediately and leaves those references held.
Release the batch before returning the error.

Fixes: 06fa229ceb36 ("netfs: Abstract out a rolling folio buffer implementation")
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected]
cc: [email protected]
---
 fs/netfs/buffered_read.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
index 24a8a5418e31..3d86414ee40f 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ static ssize_t netfs_prepare_read_iterator(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 
 			added = rolling_buffer_load_from_ra(&rreq->buffer, ractl,
 							    &put_batch);
-			if (added < 0)
+			if (added < 0) {
+				folio_batch_release(&put_batch);
 				return added;
+			}
 			rreq->submitted += added;
 		}
 		folio_batch_release(&put_batch);