Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-by: syzbot+5621e2baf492be382fa9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested-by: syzbot+5621e2baf492be382fa9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 12588c3f netfs: Fix hang in synchronous read due to fa.. git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git netfs-writeback console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=135e1fc0580000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=50c7a61469ce77e7 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=5621e2baf492be382fa9 compiler: Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 Note: no patches were applied. Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.