Hi, Jens, > +static int io_poll_add(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe) > +{ [...] > + /* one for removal from waitqueue, one for this function */ > + refcount_set(&req->refs, 2); > + > + mask = vfs_poll(poll->file, &ipt.pt) & poll->events; > + if (unlikely(!poll->head)) { > + /* we did not manage to set up a waitqueue, done */ > + goto out; > + } > + > + spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock); > + spin_lock(&poll->head->lock); > + if (poll->woken) { > + /* wake_up context handles the rest */ > + mask = 0; > + ipt.error = 0; > + } else if (mask || ipt.error) { > + /* if we get an error or a mask we are done */ > + WARN_ON_ONCE(list_empty(&poll->wait.entry)); > + list_del_init(&poll->wait.entry); > + } else { > + /* actually waiting for an event */ > + list_add_tail(&req->list, &ctx->cancel_list); > + } > + spin_unlock(&poll->head->lock); > + spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock); > + > +out: > + if (unlikely(ipt.error)) { > + if (!(flags & IOSQE_FIXED_FILE)) > + fput(poll->file); > + return ipt.error; > + } You need to drop the reference count on the req inside that if block. -Jeff > + > + if (mask) > + io_poll_complete(req, mask); > + io_free_req(req); > + return 0; > +}