Re: [PATCH v3] netfs: fix reference leak

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Sep 25 2025 - 09:06:20 EST


David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +/*
> + * Free a request (synchronously) that was just allocated but has
> + * failed before it could be submitted.
> + */
> +void netfs_put_failed_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
> +{
> + /* new requests have two references (see
> + * netfs_alloc_request(), and this function is only allowed on
> + * new request objects
> + */
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&rreq->ref) != 2);
> +
> + trace_netfs_rreq_ref(rreq->debug_id, 0, netfs_rreq_trace_put_failed);
> + netfs_free_request(&rreq->cleanup_work);
> +}
> +

Sigh. I forgot to commit my changes. Will repost.

David