We'll grab uring_lock and call __io_run_local_work() with several atomics inside even if there are no task works. Skip it if ->work_llist is empty. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- io_uring/io_uring.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c index 2fb5f1e78fb2..85b795e4dc6a 100644 --- a/io_uring/io_uring.c +++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c @@ -1208,6 +1208,9 @@ int io_run_local_work(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx) bool locked; int ret; + if (llist_empty(&ctx->work_llist)) + return 0; + locked = mutex_trylock(&ctx->uring_lock); ret = __io_run_local_work(ctx, locked); if (locked) -- 2.37.2