From: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> let have a dependant link: REQ -> LINK_TIMEOUT -> LINK_TIMEOUT 1. submission stage: submission references for REQ and LINK_TIMEOUT are dropped. So, references respectively (1,1,2) 2. io_put(REQ) + FAIL_LINKS stage: calls io_fail_links(), which for all linked timeouts will call cancel_timeout() and drop 1 reference. So, references after: (0,0,1). That's a leak. Make it treat only the first linked timeout as such, and pass others through __io_double_put_req(). Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index 8d25e157b4d8..a79ef43367b1 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ static void io_fail_links(struct io_kiocb *req) if ((req->flags & REQ_F_LINK_TIMEOUT) && link->submit.sqe->opcode == IORING_OP_LINK_TIMEOUT) { io_link_cancel_timeout(link); + req->flags &= ~REQ_F_LINK_TIMEOUT; } else { io_cqring_fill_event(link, -ECANCELED); __io_double_put_req(link); -- 2.24.0