If we have io-wq or SQPOLL setting the task_work notify signal but the task itself doesn't have task_work to process, we don't clear the flag and hence will enter a repeated check loop if we're waiting on events or file/buf references to go away. This was introduced in a recent patch which eliminated gating the task_work run on just that flag, but that fix meant that we know don't clear the flag if the task itsel doesn't have task_work to run. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 46a525e199e4 ("io_uring: don't gate task_work run on TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL") Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h index cef5ff924e63..0ecfa36c049e 100644 --- a/io_uring/io_uring.h +++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h @@ -238,9 +238,8 @@ static inline unsigned int io_sqring_entries(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx) static inline int io_run_task_work(void) { - if (task_work_pending(current)) { - if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)) - clear_notify_signal(); + if (task_work_pending(current) || test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)) { + clear_notify_signal(); __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); task_work_run(); return 1; -- Jens Axboe