linux.git/include/linux/rolling_buffer.h, branch v7.2-rc6 Linux kernel source tree netfs: Fix folio_queue ENOMEM in writeback by adding a mempool 2026-07-28T13:42:31+00:00 David Howells dhowells@redhat.com 2026-07-27T13:07:15+00:00 1d78d56c43ef3768183e8370e7367b162700e049 Fix the handling of folio_queue allocation failure in writeback by adding a mempool and passing in gfp_t flags to the rolling buffer functions that allocate memory, using the mempool if gfp != GFP_KERNEL. This is then extended upwards and the gfp to be used for a request is stored in the netfs_io_request struct and is then used for both requests and subrequests, eliminating the sleeping loops there. The failure caused: folio != NULL WARNING: fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603 at netfs_writepages+0x883/0xa10 fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603, CPU#3: syz.0.17/5919 Fixes: cd0277ed0c18 ("netfs: Use new folio_queue data type and iterator instead of xarray iter") Reported-by: syzbot+0da43efa72f88bd3a8af@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0da43efa72f88bd3a8af Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727130716.1099906-5-dhowells@redhat.com Tested-by: syzbot+0da43efa72f88bd3a8af@syzkaller.appspotmail.com cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org> cc: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com> cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org> 
Fix the handling of folio_queue allocation failure in writeback by adding a
mempool and passing in gfp_t flags to the rolling buffer functions that
allocate memory, using the mempool if gfp != GFP_KERNEL.

This is then extended upwards and the gfp to be used for a request is stored
in the netfs_io_request struct and is then used for both requests and
subrequests, eliminating the sleeping loops there.

The failure caused:

    folio != NULL
    WARNING: fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603 at netfs_writepages+0x883/0xa10 fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603, CPU#3: syz.0.17/5919

Fixes: cd0277ed0c18 ("netfs: Use new folio_queue data type and iterator instead of xarray iter")
Reported-by: syzbot+0da43efa72f88bd3a8af@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0da43efa72f88bd3a8af
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727130716.1099906-5-dhowells@redhat.com
Tested-by: syzbot+0da43efa72f88bd3a8af@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
netfs: Abstract out a rolling folio buffer implementation 2024-12-20T21:34:02+00:00 David Howells dhowells@redhat.com 2024-12-16T20:40:55+00:00 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d A rolling buffer is a series of folios held in a list of folio_queues. New folios and folio_queue structs may be inserted at the head simultaneously with spent ones being removed from the tail without the need for locking. The rolling buffer includes an iov_iter and it has to be careful managing this as the list of folio_queues is extended such that an oops doesn't incurred because the iterator was pointing to the end of a folio_queue segment that got appended to and then removed. We need to use the mechanism twice, once for read and once for write, and, in future patches, we will use a second rolling buffer to handle bounce buffering for content encryption. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241216204124.3752367-6-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
A rolling buffer is a series of folios held in a list of folio_queues.  New
folios and folio_queue structs may be inserted at the head simultaneously
with spent ones being removed from the tail without the need for locking.

The rolling buffer includes an iov_iter and it has to be careful managing
this as the list of folio_queues is extended such that an oops doesn't
incurred because the iterator was pointing to the end of a folio_queue
segment that got appended to and then removed.

We need to use the mechanism twice, once for read and once for write, and,
in future patches, we will use a second rolling buffer to handle bounce
buffering for content encryption.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241216204124.3752367-6-dhowells@redhat.com
cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>