@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ static void v9fs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 	if (!err)
 		subreq->transferred += total;
 
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, err, false);
+	subreq->error = err;
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
 }
 
 /**

@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ static void afs_fetch_data_notify(struct afs_operation *op)
 		subreq->rreq->i_size = req->file_size;
 		if (req->pos + req->actual_len >= req->file_size)
 			__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_HIT_EOF, &subreq->flags);
-		netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, error, false);
+		subreq->error = error;
+		netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
 		req->subreq = NULL;
 	} else if (req->done) {
 		req->done(req);

@@ -301,8 +302,10 @@ int afs_fetch_data(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct afs_read *req)
 
 	op = afs_alloc_operation(req->key, vnode->volume);
 	if (IS_ERR(op)) {
-		if (req->subreq)
-			netfs_read_subreq_terminated(req->subreq, PTR_ERR(op), false);
+		if (req->subreq) {
+			req->subreq->error = PTR_ERR(op);
+			netfs_read_subreq_terminated(req->subreq, false);
+		}
 		return PTR_ERR(op);
 	}
 

@@ -320,8 +323,10 @@ static void afs_read_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct afs_read *fsreq;
 
 	fsreq = afs_alloc_read(GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!fsreq)
-		return netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, -ENOMEM, false);
+	if (!fsreq) {
+		subreq->error = -ENOMEM;
+		return netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
+	}
 
 	fsreq->subreq	= subreq;
 	fsreq->pos	= subreq->start + subreq->transferred;

@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ static void finish_netfs_read(struct ceph_osd_request *req)
 		subreq->transferred = err;
 		err = 0;
 	}
+	subreq->error = err;
 	trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_io_progress);
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, err, false);
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
 	iput(req->r_inode);
 	ceph_dec_osd_stopping_blocker(fsc->mdsc);
 }

@@ -314,7 +315,9 @@ static bool ceph_netfs_issue_op_inline(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 
 	ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
 out:
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, err, false);
+	subreq->error = err;
+	trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_io_progress);
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
 	return true;
 }
 

@@ -426,8 +429,10 @@ static void ceph_netfs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 	ceph_osdc_start_request(req->r_osdc, req);
 out:
 	ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
-	if (err)
-		netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, err, false);
+	if (err) {
+		subreq->error = err;
+		netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
+	}
 	doutc(cl, "%llx.%llx result %d\n", ceph_vinop(inode), err);
 }
 

@@ -148,14 +148,13 @@ static void netfs_cache_read_terminated(void *priv, ssize_t transferred_or_error
 {
 	struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq = priv;
 
-	if (transferred_or_error < 0) {
-		netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, transferred_or_error, was_async);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (transferred_or_error > 0)
+	if (transferred_or_error > 0) {
 		subreq->transferred += transferred_or_error;
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, 0, was_async);
+		subreq->error = 0;
+	} else {
+		subreq->error = transferred_or_error;
+	}
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, was_async);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -261,7 +260,8 @@ static void netfs_read_to_pagecache(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
 			netfs_stat(&netfs_n_rh_zero);
 			slice = netfs_prepare_read_iterator(subreq);
 			__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_CLEAR_TAIL, &subreq->flags);
-			netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, 0, false);
+			subreq->error = 0;
+			netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
 			goto done;
 		}
 

@@ -191,7 +191,20 @@ struct netfs_io_subrequest *netfs_alloc_subrequest(struct netfs_io_request *rreq
 	}
 
 	memset(subreq, 0, kmem_cache_size(cache));
-	INIT_WORK(&subreq->work, NULL);
+
+	switch (rreq->origin) {
+	case NETFS_READAHEAD:
+	case NETFS_READPAGE:
+	case NETFS_READ_GAPS:
+	case NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE:
+	case NETFS_DIO_READ:
+		INIT_WORK(&subreq->work, netfs_read_subreq_termination_worker);
+		break;
+	default:
+		INIT_WORK(&subreq->work, NULL);
+		break;
+	}
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&subreq->rreq_link);
 	refcount_set(&subreq->ref, 2);
 	subreq->rreq = rreq;

@@ -450,28 +450,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_read_subreq_progress);
 /**
  * netfs_read_subreq_terminated - Note the termination of an I/O operation.
  * @subreq: The I/O request that has terminated.
- * @error: Error code indicating type of completion.
- * @was_async: The termination was asynchronous
+ * @was_async: True if we're in an asynchronous context.
  *
  * This tells the read helper that a contributory I/O operation has terminated,
  * one way or another, and that it should integrate the results.
  *
- * The caller indicates the outcome of the operation through @error, supplying
- * 0 to indicate a successful or retryable transfer (if NETFS_SREQ_NEED_RETRY
- * is set) or a negative error code.  The helper will look after reissuing I/O
- * operations as appropriate and writing downloaded data to the cache.
+ * The caller indicates the outcome of the operation through @subreq->error,
+ * supplying 0 to indicate a successful or retryable transfer (if
+ * NETFS_SREQ_NEED_RETRY is set) or a negative error code.  The helper will
+ * look after reissuing I/O operations as appropriate and writing downloaded
+ * data to the cache.
  *
  * Before calling, the filesystem should update subreq->transferred to track
  * the amount of data copied into the output buffer.
- *
- * If @was_async is true, the caller might be running in softirq or interrupt
- * context and we can't sleep.
  */
-void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
-				  int error, bool was_async)
+void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq, bool was_async)
 {
 	struct netfs_io_request *rreq = subreq->rreq;
 
+	might_sleep();
+
 	switch (subreq->source) {
 	case NETFS_READ_FROM_CACHE:
 		netfs_stat(&netfs_n_rh_read_done);

@@ -489,7 +487,7 @@ void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 		 * If the read completed validly short, then we can clear the
 		 * tail before going on to unlock the folios.
 		 */
-		if (error == 0 && subreq->transferred < subreq->len &&
+		if (subreq->error == 0 && subreq->transferred < subreq->len &&
 		    (test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_HIT_EOF, &subreq->flags) ||
 		     test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_CLEAR_TAIL, &subreq->flags))) {
 			netfs_clear_unread(subreq);

@@ -509,7 +507,7 @@ void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 	/* Deal with retry requests, short reads and errors.  If we retry
 	 * but don't make progress, we abandon the attempt.
 	 */
-	if (!error && subreq->transferred < subreq->len) {
+	if (!subreq->error && subreq->transferred < subreq->len) {
 		if (test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_HIT_EOF, &subreq->flags)) {
 			trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_hit_eof);
 		} else {

@@ -523,16 +521,15 @@ void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 				set_bit(NETFS_RREQ_NEED_RETRY, &rreq->flags);
 			} else {
 				__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_FAILED, &subreq->flags);
-				error = -ENODATA;
+				subreq->error = -ENODATA;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	subreq->error = error;
 	trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_terminated);
 
-	if (unlikely(error < 0)) {
-		trace_netfs_failure(rreq, subreq, error, netfs_fail_read);
+	if (unlikely(subreq->error < 0)) {
+		trace_netfs_failure(rreq, subreq, subreq->error, netfs_fail_read);
 		if (subreq->source == NETFS_READ_FROM_CACHE) {
 			netfs_stat(&netfs_n_rh_read_failed);
 		} else {

@@ -548,3 +545,19 @@ void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 	netfs_put_subrequest(subreq, was_async, netfs_sreq_trace_put_terminated);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_read_subreq_terminated);
+
+/**
+ * netfs_read_subreq_termination_worker - Workqueue helper for read termination
+ * @work: The subreq->work in the I/O request that has been terminated.
+ *
+ * Helper function to jump to netfs_read_subreq_terminated() from the
+ * subrequest work item.
+ */
+void netfs_read_subreq_termination_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq =
+		container_of(work, struct netfs_io_subrequest, work);
+
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_read_subreq_termination_worker);

@@ -307,8 +307,10 @@ static void nfs_netfs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *sreq)
 			     &nfs_async_read_completion_ops);
 
 	netfs = nfs_netfs_alloc(sreq);
-	if (!netfs)
-		return netfs_read_subreq_terminated(sreq, -ENOMEM, false);
+	if (!netfs) {
+		sreq->error = -ENOMEM;
+		return netfs_read_subreq_terminated(sreq, false);
+	}
 
 	pgio.pg_netfs = netfs; /* used in completion */
 

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ static inline void nfs_netfs_put(struct nfs_netfs_io_data *netfs)
 	 */
 	netfs->sreq->transferred = min_t(s64, netfs->sreq->len,
 					 atomic64_read(&netfs->transferred));
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(netfs->sreq, netfs->error, false);
+	netfs->sreq->error = netfs->error;
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(netfs->sreq, false);
 	kfree(netfs);
 }
 static inline void nfs_netfs_inode_init(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)

@@ -1261,14 +1261,6 @@ CIFS_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, int *oplock,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void cifs_readv_worker(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct cifs_io_subrequest *rdata =
-		container_of(work, struct cifs_io_subrequest, subreq.work);
-
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(&rdata->subreq, rdata->result, false);
-}
-
 static void
 cifs_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 {

@@ -1334,8 +1326,8 @@ cifs_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	}
 
 	rdata->credits.value = 0;
+	rdata->subreq.error = rdata->result;
 	rdata->subreq.transferred += rdata->got_bytes;
-	INIT_WORK(&rdata->subreq.work, cifs_readv_worker);
 	queue_work(cifsiod_wq, &rdata->subreq.work);
 	release_mid(mid);
 	add_credits(server, &credits, 0);

@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ static void cifs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 	return;
 
 failed:
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, rc, false);
+	subreq->error = rc;
+	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(subreq, false);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -4513,14 +4513,6 @@ smb2_new_read_req(void **buf, unsigned int *total_len,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void smb2_readv_worker(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct cifs_io_subrequest *rdata =
-		container_of(work, struct cifs_io_subrequest, subreq.work);
-
-	netfs_read_subreq_terminated(&rdata->subreq, rdata->result, false);
-}
-
 static void
 smb2_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 {

@@ -4633,9 +4625,9 @@ smb2_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 			      server->credits, server->in_flight,
 			      0, cifs_trace_rw_credits_read_response_clear);
 	rdata->credits.value = 0;
+	rdata->subreq.error = rdata->result;
 	rdata->subreq.transferred += rdata->got_bytes;
 	trace_netfs_sreq(&rdata->subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_io_progress);
-	INIT_WORK(&rdata->subreq.work, smb2_readv_worker);
 	queue_work(cifsiod_wq, &rdata->subreq.work);
 	release_mid(mid);
 	trace_smb3_rw_credits(rreq_debug_id, subreq_debug_index, 0,

@@ -428,10 +428,9 @@ bool netfs_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp);
 vm_fault_t netfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct netfs_group *netfs_group);
 
 /* (Sub)request management API. */
-void netfs_read_subreq_progress(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
-				bool was_async);
-void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
-				  int error, bool was_async);
+void netfs_read_subreq_progress(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq, bool was_async);
+void netfs_read_subreq_terminated(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq, bool was_async);
+void netfs_read_subreq_termination_worker(struct work_struct *work);
 void netfs_get_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 			  enum netfs_sreq_ref_trace what);
 void netfs_put_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,