This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled io_uring: use kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers to the 5.10-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-use-kiocb_-start-end-_write-helpers.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit ac4a11f8f03a49d1997c8acb7944c20139c34940 Author: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Aug 17 17:13:34 2023 +0300 io_uring: use kiocb_{start,end}_write() helpers Commit e484fd73f4bdcb00c2188100c2d84e9f3f5c9f7d upstream. Use helpers instead of the open coded dance to silence lockdep warnings. Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Message-Id: <20230817141337.1025891-5-amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c index ec55f2788ac64..a6afdea5cfd8e 100644 --- a/io_uring/io_uring.c +++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c @@ -2669,15 +2669,10 @@ static int io_iopoll_check(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, long min) static void io_req_end_write(struct io_kiocb *req) { - /* - * Tell lockdep we inherited freeze protection from submission - * thread. - */ if (req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG) { - struct super_block *sb = file_inode(req->file)->i_sb; + struct io_rw *rw = &req->rw; - __sb_writers_acquired(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE); - sb_end_write(sb); + kiocb_end_write(&rw->kiocb); } } @@ -3770,18 +3765,8 @@ static int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags) if (unlikely(ret)) goto out_free; - /* - * Open-code file_start_write here to grab freeze protection, - * which will be released by another thread in - * io_complete_rw(). Fool lockdep by telling it the lock got - * released so that it doesn't complain about the held lock when - * we return to userspace. - */ - if (req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG) { - sb_start_write(file_inode(req->file)->i_sb); - __sb_writers_release(file_inode(req->file)->i_sb, - SB_FREEZE_WRITE); - } + if (req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG) + kiocb_start_write(kiocb); kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE; if (req->file->f_op->write_iter)