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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] io_uring: defer foreign io-wq enqueues to task_work
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:46:58 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028164732.1264069-11-axboe@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028164732.1264069-1-axboe@kernel.dk>

From: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>

An IOPOLL ring without DEFER_TASKRUN can be reaped by a task other than
the one that submitted the I/O. If a polled request is marked
REQ_F_REISSUE, io_free_batch_list() calls io_queue_iowq() with the
original tctx. Ordinary task exit can tear down tctx->io_wq after
draining only the tracked requests. The live request pins the task, but
not its io-wq, so the foreign task can race io_wq_put_and_exit() and
enqueue through a freed or NULL queue.

Forward foreign userspace enqueues to the owning task before accessing
tctx->io_wq. Use a dedicated task_work callback so reissues still go
straight to io-wq, and fail them if task_work is running in cancellation
mode. Preserve the existing PF_KTHREAD cancellation path. This also
covers the other callers of io_queue_iowq() without changing the
worker-owned enqueue path.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/io_uring.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 615933a6e8ff..03724419c4e1 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -423,6 +423,17 @@ static __always_inline bool io_assign_file(struct io_kiocb *req,
 	return !!req->file;
 }
 
+static void io_req_queue_iowq_tw(struct io_tw_req tw_req, io_tw_token_t tw)
+{
+	struct io_kiocb *req = tw_req.req;
+
+	io_tw_lock(req->ctx, tw);
+	if (unlikely(tw.cancel))
+		io_req_defer_failed(req, -ECANCELED);
+	else
+		io_queue_iowq(req);
+}
+
 void io_queue_iowq(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = req->tctx;
@@ -430,10 +441,17 @@ void io_queue_iowq(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	BUG_ON(!tctx);
 	lockdep_assert_held(&req->ctx->uring_lock);
 
-	if ((current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) || !tctx->io_wq) {
-		io_req_task_queue_fail(req, -ECANCELED);
+	if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+		goto cancel;
+
+	/* Only the submitter can safely access its io-wq during task exit. */
+	if (unlikely(current != tctx->task)) {
+		req->io_task_work.func = io_req_queue_iowq_tw;
+		io_req_task_work_add(req);
 		return;
 	}
+	if (!tctx->io_wq)
+		goto cancel;
 
 	/*
 	 * The file is looked up as late as possible, as it may be the result
@@ -462,6 +480,9 @@ void io_queue_iowq(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 	trace_io_uring_queue_async_work(req, io_wq_is_hashed(&req->work));
 	io_wq_enqueue(tctx->io_wq, &req->work);
+	return;
+cancel:
+	io_req_task_queue_fail(req, -ECANCELED);
 }
 
 unsigned io_linked_nr(struct io_kiocb *req)
-- 
2.56.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-28 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-28 16:46 [PATCHSET 0/10] Various io_uring fixes Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 01/10] io_uring/io-wq: no new workers once the exit has begun Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 02/10] io_uring/rsrc: charge buffer arrays and nodes to memcg Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 03/10] io_uring: charge tctx nodes and personalities Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 04/10] io_uring: free XArray nodes left by a failed store Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 05/10] io_uring/bpf-ops: clear bpf_ctx while submitting SQEs Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 06/10] io_uring: free the task context after a grace period Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 07/10] io_uring/sqpoll: don't wait for the thread to exit Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 08/10] io_uring/cancel: drop sqd->lock while SQPOLL waits Jens Axboe
2026-10-30  1:25   ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 09/10] io_uring/io-wq: save worker type before dropping its reference Jens Axboe
2026-10-28 16:46 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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