From: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> v5.4.182-rt71-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ----------- [ Upstream commmit 4b3749865374899e115aa8c48681709b086fe6d3 ] We should defer eventfd_signal() to the workqueue when eventfd_signal_allowed() return false rather than return true. Fixes: b542e383d8c0 ("eventfd: Make signal recursion protection a task bit") Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210913111928.98-1-xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/aio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c index db21ca695781..0bb9abf39065 100644 --- a/fs/aio.c +++ b/fs/aio.c @@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, list_del_init(&req->wait.entry); list_del(&iocb->ki_list); iocb->ki_res.res = mangle_poll(mask); - if (iocb->ki_eventfd && eventfd_signal_allowed()) { + if (iocb->ki_eventfd && !eventfd_signal_allowed()) { iocb = NULL; INIT_WORK(&req->work, aio_poll_put_work); schedule_work(&req->work); -- 2.17.1