The only way to get out of io_iopoll_getevents() and continue iterating is to have empty iopoll_list, otherwise the main loop would just exit. So, instead of the unlock on 8th time heuristic, do that based on iopoll_list. Also, as no one can add new requests to iopoll_list while io_iopoll_check() hold uring_lock, it's useless to spin with the list empty, return in that case. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index cc6a44533802..1111968bbe7f 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ static void io_iopoll_try_reap_events(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx) static int io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, long min) { unsigned int nr_events = 0; - int iters = 0, ret = 0; + int ret = 0; /* * We disallow the app entering submit/complete with polling, but we @@ -2416,10 +2416,13 @@ static int io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, long min) * forever, while the workqueue is stuck trying to acquire the * very same mutex. */ - if (!(++iters & 7)) { + if (list_empty(&ctx->iopoll_list)) { mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock); io_run_task_work(); mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock); + + if (list_empty(&ctx->iopoll_list)) + break; } ret = io_iopoll_getevents(ctx, &nr_events, min); -- 2.24.0