Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+f62d3e0a4ea4f38f5326@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: cee36720 Revert "io-wq: make worker creation resilient.. git tree: https://github.com/isilence/linux.git syztest_iowq_workers kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f9bfda6f9dee77cd dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f62d3e0a4ea4f38f5326 compiler: gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1 Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.