We already checked this limit when the file was opened, and we keep it open in the file table. Hence when we added unit_inflight to the count we want to register, we're doubly accounting these files. This results in -EMFILE for file registration, if we're at half the limit. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.1+ Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index 2460c3333f70..ce76157c2f95 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -6216,13 +6216,6 @@ static int __io_sqe_files_scm(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int nr, int offset) struct sk_buff *skb; int i, nr_files; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) { - unsigned long inflight = ctx->user->unix_inflight + nr; - - if (inflight > task_rlimit(current, RLIMIT_NOFILE)) - return -EMFILE; - } - fpl = kzalloc(sizeof(*fpl), GFP_KERNEL); if (!fpl) return -ENOMEM; -- Jens Axboe