[PATCH v3 05/10] netfs: Fix subreq ref leak

From: David Howells

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 05:40:44 EST


Fix a subrequest ref leak in netfs_unbuffered_write() in the event that
subreq->io_iter ends up zero length during preparation.

Fixes: a0b4c7a49137e ("netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260824120224.504575-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: netfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/netfs/direct_write.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
index f33ccddaa826..fbcfadb232ee 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
@@ -121,8 +121,14 @@ static int netfs_unbuffered_write(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
}

iov_iter_truncate(&subreq->io_iter, wreq->len - wreq->transferred);
- if (!iov_iter_count(&subreq->io_iter))
+ if (!iov_iter_count(&subreq->io_iter)) {
+ pr_warn("netfs: Unexpected zero-length iterator R=%08x\n",
+ wreq->debug_id);
+ __set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_FAILED, &subreq->flags);
+ netfs_write_subrequest_terminated(subreq, -EIO);
+ wreq->error = -EIO;
break;
+ }

subreq->len = netfs_limit_iter(&subreq->io_iter, 0,
stream->sreq_max_len,