From: Martin Karsten <mkarsten@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit b9ca079dd6b09e08863aa998edf5c47597806c05 upstream. A struct eventpoll's busy_poll_usecs field can be modified via a user ioctl at any time. All reads of this field should be annotated with READ_ONCE. Fixes: 85455c795c07 ("eventpoll: support busy poll per epoll instance") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Martin Karsten <mkarsten@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240806123301.167557-1-jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/eventpoll.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c index 6c0a1e9715ea..145f5349c612 100644 --- a/fs/eventpoll.c +++ b/fs/eventpoll.c @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static bool busy_loop_ep_timeout(unsigned long start_time, static bool ep_busy_loop_on(struct eventpoll *ep) { - return !!ep->busy_poll_usecs || net_busy_loop_on(); + return !!READ_ONCE(ep->busy_poll_usecs) || net_busy_loop_on(); } static bool ep_busy_loop_end(void *p, unsigned long start_time) -- 2.46.2 Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mkarsten@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.10/eventpoll-annotate-data-race-of-busy_poll_usecs.patch