From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> commit 87df7fb922d18e96992aa5e824aa34b2065fef59 upstream. When new work is added, io_wqe_enqueue() checks if we need to wake or create a new worker. But that check is done outside the lock that otherwise synchronizes us with a worker going to sleep, so we can end up in the following situation: CPU0 CPU1 lock insert work unlock atomic_read(nr_running) != 0 lock atomic_dec(nr_running) no wakeup needed Hold the wqe lock around the "need to wakeup" check. Then we can also get rid of the temporary work_flags variable, as we know the work will remain valid as long as we hold the lock. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: Andres Freund <andres@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io-wq.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/fs/io-wq.c +++ b/fs/io-wq.c @@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ append: static void io_wqe_enqueue(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_wq_work *work) { struct io_wqe_acct *acct = io_work_get_acct(wqe, work); - int work_flags; + bool do_wake; unsigned long flags; /* @@ -909,14 +909,14 @@ static void io_wqe_enqueue(struct io_wqe return; } - work_flags = work->flags; raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&wqe->lock, flags); io_wqe_insert_work(wqe, work); wqe->flags &= ~IO_WQE_FLAG_STALLED; + do_wake = (work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CONCURRENT) || + !atomic_read(&acct->nr_running); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wqe->lock, flags); - if ((work_flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CONCURRENT) || - !atomic_read(&acct->nr_running)) + if (do_wake) io_wqe_wake_worker(wqe, acct); }