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From: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>
To: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk
Subject: [PATCH] io_uring: protect remaining lockless ctx->rings accesses with RCU
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:23:48 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330172348.89416-1-qjx1298677004@gmail.com> (raw)

io_register_resize_rings() briefly sets ctx->rings to NULL under
completion_lock before assigning the new rings and publishing them
via rcu_assign_pointer(ctx->rings_rcu, ...).  Several code paths
read ctx->rings without holding any of those locks, leading to a
NULL pointer dereference if they race with a resize:

  - io_uring_poll()              (VFS poll callback)
  - io_should_wake()             (waitqueue wake callback)
  - io_cqring_min_timer_wakeup() (hrtimer callback)
  - io_cqring_wait()             (called from io_uring_enter)

Commit 96189080265e only addressed io_ctx_mark_taskrun() in tw.c.
Protect the remaining sites by reading ctx->rings_rcu under
rcu_read_lock() (via guard(rcu)/scoped_guard(rcu)) and treating a
NULL rings as "no data available / force re-evaluation".

Fixes: 79cfe9e59c2a ("io_uring/register: add IORING_REGISTER_RESIZE_RINGS")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>
---
I'm not entirely sure this is the best approach for all the affected
call sites -- I'd appreciate any feedback or suggestions on whether
this looks reasonable.
---
 io_uring/io_uring.c | 17 +++++++++---
 io_uring/io_uring.h |  9 ++++++-
 io_uring/wait.c     | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 9a37035e7..98029b039 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2240,6 +2240,7 @@ __cold void io_activate_pollwq(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 static __poll_t io_uring_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
+	struct io_rings *rings;
 	__poll_t mask = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(!ctx->poll_activated))
@@ -2250,7 +2251,17 @@ static __poll_t io_uring_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	 */
 	poll_wait(file, &ctx->poll_wq, wait);
 
-	if (!io_sqring_full(ctx))
+	/*
+	 * Use the RCU-protected rings pointer to be safe against
+	 * concurrent ring resizing, which briefly NULLs ctx->rings.
+	 */
+	guard(rcu)();
+	rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+	if (unlikely(!rings))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (READ_ONCE(rings->sq.tail) - READ_ONCE(rings->sq.head) !=
+							ctx->sq_entries)
 		mask |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 
 	/*
@@ -2266,8 +2277,8 @@ static __poll_t io_uring_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	 * Users may get EPOLLIN meanwhile seeing nothing in cqring, this
 	 * pushes them to do the flush.
 	 */
-
-	if (__io_cqring_events_user(ctx) || io_has_work(ctx))
+	if (READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail) != READ_ONCE(rings->cq.head) ||
+	    io_has_work(ctx))
 		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
 
 	return mask;
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index 0fa844faf..ea953f2c7 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -145,7 +145,14 @@ struct io_wait_queue {
 static inline bool io_should_wake(struct io_wait_queue *iowq)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = iowq->ctx;
-	int dist = READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq.tail) - (int) iowq->cq_tail;
+	struct io_rings *rings;
+	int dist;
+
+	guard(rcu)();
+	rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+	if (unlikely(!rings))
+		return true;
+	dist = READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail) - (int) iowq->cq_tail;
 
 	/*
 	 * Wake up if we have enough events, or if a timeout occurred since we
diff --git a/io_uring/wait.c b/io_uring/wait.c
index 0581cadf2..af25f8f16 100644
--- a/io_uring/wait.c
+++ b/io_uring/wait.c
@@ -78,12 +78,20 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart io_cqring_min_timer_wakeup(struct hrtimer *timer)
 	/* work we may need to run, wake function will see if we need to wake */
 	if (io_has_work(ctx))
 		goto out_wake;
-	/* got events since we started waiting, min timeout is done */
-	if (iowq->cq_min_tail != READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq.tail))
-		goto out_wake;
-	/* if we have any events and min timeout expired, we're done */
-	if (io_cqring_events(ctx))
-		goto out_wake;
+
+	scoped_guard(rcu) {
+		struct io_rings *rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+
+		if (!rings)
+			goto out_wake;
+		/* got events since we started waiting, min timeout is done */
+		if (iowq->cq_min_tail != READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail))
+			goto out_wake;
+		/* if we have any events and min timeout expired, we're done */
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (ctx->cached_cq_tail != READ_ONCE(rings->cq.head))
+			goto out_wake;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If using deferred task_work running and application is waiting on
@@ -186,7 +194,7 @@ int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events, u32 flags,
 		   struct ext_arg *ext_arg)
 {
 	struct io_wait_queue iowq;
-	struct io_rings *rings = ctx->rings;
+	struct io_rings *rings;
 	ktime_t start_time;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -201,15 +209,27 @@ int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events, u32 flags,
 
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(IO_CHECK_CQ_OVERFLOW_BIT, &ctx->check_cq)))
 		io_cqring_do_overflow_flush(ctx);
-	if (__io_cqring_events_user(ctx) >= min_events)
-		return 0;
 
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&iowq.wq, io_wake_function);
 	iowq.wq.private = current;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iowq.wq.entry);
 	iowq.ctx = ctx;
-	iowq.cq_tail = READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq.head) + min_events;
-	iowq.cq_min_tail = READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq.tail);
+
+	scoped_guard(rcu) {
+		rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+		if (rings) {
+			if (READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail) -
+			    READ_ONCE(rings->cq.head) >=
+					(unsigned int)min_events)
+				return 0;
+			iowq.cq_tail = READ_ONCE(rings->cq.head) +
+							min_events;
+			iowq.cq_min_tail = READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail);
+		} else {
+			iowq.cq_tail = min_events;
+			iowq.cq_min_tail = 0;
+		}
+	}
 	iowq.nr_timeouts = atomic_read(&ctx->cq_timeouts);
 	iowq.hit_timeout = 0;
 	iowq.min_timeout = ext_arg->min_time;
@@ -243,11 +263,16 @@ int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events, u32 flags,
 		int nr_wait;
 
 		/* if min timeout has been hit, don't reset wait count */
-		if (!iowq.hit_timeout)
-			nr_wait = (int) iowq.cq_tail -
-					READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq.tail);
-		else
+		if (!iowq.hit_timeout) {
+			scoped_guard(rcu) {
+				rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+				nr_wait = rings ?
+					(int) iowq.cq_tail -
+					  READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail) : 1;
+			}
+		} else {
 			nr_wait = 1;
+		}
 
 		if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN) {
 			atomic_set(&ctx->cq_wait_nr, nr_wait);
@@ -304,5 +329,11 @@ int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events, u32 flags,
 		finish_wait(&ctx->cq_wait, &iowq.wq);
 	restore_saved_sigmask_unless(ret == -EINTR);
 
-	return READ_ONCE(rings->cq.head) == READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail) ? ret : 0;
+	scoped_guard(rcu) {
+		rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+		if (rings &&
+		    READ_ONCE(rings->cq.head) != READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail))
+			ret = 0;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-30 17:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-30 17:23 Junxi Qian [this message]
2026-03-30 18:08 ` [PATCH] io_uring: protect remaining lockless ctx->rings accesses with RCU Jens Axboe
2026-03-31  4:03   ` junxi qian

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