On Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 10:54:48AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Nothing touches the buffer after it has been submitted now, so the need for > the extra transient reference went away as well. > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Ooops, forgot this one. Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --D > --- > fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 17 +---------------- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c > index 49df4adf0e98..352cc50aeea5 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c > @@ -1646,13 +1646,6 @@ xfs_buf_submit( > return -EIO; > } > > - /* > - * Grab a reference so the buffer does not go away underneath us. For > - * async buffers, I/O completion drops the callers reference, which > - * could occur before submission returns. > - */ > - xfs_buf_hold(bp); > - > if (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) > xfs_buf_wait_unpin(bp); > > @@ -1675,20 +1668,12 @@ xfs_buf_submit( > goto done; > > xfs_buf_submit_bio(bp); > - goto rele; > - > + return 0; > done: > if (bp->b_error || !(bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC)) > xfs_buf_ioend(bp); > else > xfs_buf_ioend_async(bp); > -rele: > - /* > - * Release the hold that keeps the buffer referenced for the entire > - * I/O. Note that if the buffer is async, it is not safe to reference > - * after this release. > - */ > - xfs_buf_rele(bp); > return 0; > } > > -- > 2.45.2 > >