This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled io_uring/sqpoll: ensure that normal task_work is also run timely to the 6.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: io_uring-sqpoll-ensure-that-normal-task_work-is-also-run-timely.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From d13ddd9c893f0e8498526bf88c6b5fad01f0edd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:31:12 -0600 Subject: io_uring/sqpoll: ensure that normal task_work is also run timely From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> commit d13ddd9c893f0e8498526bf88c6b5fad01f0edd8 upstream. With the move to private task_work, SQPOLL neglected to also run the normal task_work, if any is pending. This will eventually get run, but we should run it with the private task_work to ensure that things like a final fput() is processed in a timely fashion. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/313824bc-799d-414f-96b7-e6de57c7e21d@xxxxxxxxx/ Reported-by: Andrew Udvare <audvare@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: af5d68f8892f ("io_uring/sqpoll: manage task_work privately") Tested-by: Christian Heusel <christian@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Andrew Udvare <audvare@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- io_uring/sqpoll.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/io_uring/sqpoll.c b/io_uring/sqpoll.c index 554c7212aa46..b3722e5275e7 100644 --- a/io_uring/sqpoll.c +++ b/io_uring/sqpoll.c @@ -238,11 +238,13 @@ static unsigned int io_sq_tw(struct llist_node **retry_list, int max_entries) if (*retry_list) { *retry_list = io_handle_tw_list(*retry_list, &count, max_entries); if (count >= max_entries) - return count; + goto out; max_entries -= count; } - *retry_list = tctx_task_work_run(tctx, max_entries, &count); +out: + if (task_work_pending(current)) + task_work_run(); return count; } -- 2.45.1 Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from axboe@xxxxxxxxx are queue-6.9/io_uring-fail-nop-if-non-zero-op-flags-is-passed-in.patch queue-6.9/io_uring-sqpoll-ensure-that-normal-task_work-is-also-run-timely.patch