Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] nfs: Introduce nfs_release_request_list helper

[Pranjal Shrivastava]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 03:28:09PM +0530, Shivaji Kant wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 02:35:38PM +0000, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:
> > > Introduce a centralized helper, nfs_release_request_list, to handle
> > > the bulk release of nfs_page requests from a list.
> > >
> > > This serves as a preparatory step for two upcoming improvements:
> > >
> > >    1. Pin-Aware Cleanup: As we migrate to iov_iter_extract_* API,
> > >       requests will hold pins (GUP) instead of standard references. The
> > >       helper ensures that the correct unpinning logic gets applied
> > >       consistently across all requests in a list.
> > >
> > >    2. Folio Support: In subsequent patches where nfs_page structures
> > >       will cover multi-page folios, this helper provides a clean
> > >       infrastructure to unlock these larger units of I/O in bulk during
> > >       completion, similat to the pattern in bio_release_pages.
> 
> nit: similar -> similar
> 

Ack. Fixing it,

> > > +/*
> > > + * nfs_release_request_list - Release a list of NFS read/write requests
> > > + * @head: list of requests to release
> > > + *
> > > + * Removes each request from the list and drops it's refcount.
> > > + */
> > > +void nfs_release_request_list(struct list_head *head)
> > > +{
> > > +     struct nfs_page *req;
> > > +
> > > +     while (!list_empty(head)) {
> > > +             req = nfs_list_entry(head->next);
> >
> > req could/should be local here.  Or you switch to list_first_or_null,
> > which some folks prefer.
> >
> > > +extern void nfs_release_request(struct nfs_page *req);
> > > +extern void nfs_release_request_list(struct list_head *head);
> >
> > Please drop the superflous externs for new code.
> >
> 
> Small nit + fix christoph's comment,
> else looks ok
> 
> Reviewed-by: Shivaji Kant <shivajikant@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Praan