Re: Is ext4_dio_read_iter() broken? - and xfs_file_dio_aio_read()

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Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:

> > > at the end of the function - but surely iocb should be expected to have
> > > been freed when iocb->ki_complete() was called?
> 
> The iocb is refcounted and only completed when the refcount hits zero,
> and an extra reference is held until the submission has completed.
> Take a look at iocb_put().

Ah...  This is in struct aio_kiocb and not struct kiocb - that's why I missed
it.  Thanks.

David




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