There is no reliable way to submit and wait in a single syscall, as io_submit_sqes() may under-consume sqes (in case of an early error). Then it will wait for not-yet-submitted requests, deadlocking the user in most cases. Don't wait/poll if can't submit all sqes, and return -EAGAIN Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- I wonder, why it doesn't return 2 error codes for submission and waiting separately? It's a bit puzzling figuring out what to return. I guess the same with the userspace side. fs/io_uring.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index 42de210be631..82152ea13fe2 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -4877,6 +4877,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_uring_enter, unsigned int, fd, u32, to_submit, submitted = io_submit_sqes(ctx, to_submit, f.file, fd, &cur_mm, false); mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock); + + if (submitted != to_submit) { + submitted = -EAGAIN; + goto out; + } } if (flags & IORING_ENTER_GETEVENTS) { unsigned nr_events = 0; @@ -4890,6 +4895,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_uring_enter, unsigned int, fd, u32, to_submit, } } +out: percpu_ref_put(&ctx->refs); out_fput: fdput(f); -- 2.24.0