submit_state.link is used only to assemble a link and not used for actual submission, so clear it before io_queue_sqe() in io_submit_sqe(), awhile it's hot and in caches and queueing doesn't spoil it. May also potentially help compiler with spilling or to do other optimisations. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index fbf3b2149a4c..9c73991465c8 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -6616,8 +6616,8 @@ static int io_submit_sqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req, /* last request of a link, enqueue the link */ if (!(req->flags & (REQ_F_LINK | REQ_F_HARDLINK))) { - io_queue_sqe(head); link->head = NULL; + io_queue_sqe(head); } } else { if (unlikely(ctx->drain_next)) { -- 2.31.1