Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] netfs, cachefiles: Miscellaneous fixes

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 03:55:27 EST


On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:42:53 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> netfs, cachefiles: Miscellaneous fixes
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> Here are some miscellaneous fixes for netfslib and one for cachefiles, if
> you could pick them up?
>
> [...]

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

[01/10] netfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/f18e8774f4d3
[02/10] netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO write partial transfer error return
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/c753a33664e4
[03/10] netfs: Fix error vs transferred passed to ->ki_complete()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/0bfe2571a6af
[04/10] netfs: Fix i_size update for partial transfer
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/741416a8003b
[05/10] netfs: Fix subreq ref leak
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/3c30087e2759
[06/10] netfs: break unbuffered write when netfs_alloc_subrequest() fails
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/8fb45a934661
[07/10] netfs: Fix readahead synchronisation issues by loading all folios upfront
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/fed0b33e6c58
[08/10] netfs: Mark folios with COPY_TO_CACHE whilst issuing subreqs
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/533203c41831
[09/10] netfs: Fix read progress reporting
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/e00827a4d0cf
[10/10] cachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/a67632c8c268