FAILED: patch "[PATCH] io_uring/eventfd: use ctx->rings_rcu for flags checking" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] io_uring/eventfd: use ctx->rings_rcu for flags checking" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 177c69432161f6e4bab07ccacf8a1748a6898a6b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026031708-praying-playset-f003@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 177c69432161f6e4bab07ccacf8a1748a6898a6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 14:35:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] io_uring/eventfd: use ctx->rings_rcu for flags checking

Similarly to what commit e78f7b70e837 did for local task work additions,
use ->rings_rcu under RCU rather than dereference ->rings directly. See
that commit for more details.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 79cfe9e59c2a ("io_uring/register: add IORING_REGISTER_RESIZE_RINGS")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

diff --git a/io_uring/eventfd.c b/io_uring/eventfd.c
index 78f8ab7db104..ab789e1ebe91 100644
--- a/io_uring/eventfd.c
+++ b/io_uring/eventfd.c
@@ -76,11 +76,15 @@ void io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool cqe_event)
 {
 	bool skip = false;
 	struct io_ev_fd *ev_fd;
-
-	if (READ_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq_flags) & IORING_CQ_EVENTFD_DISABLED)
-		return;
+	struct io_rings *rings;
 
 	guard(rcu)();
+
+	rings = rcu_dereference(ctx->rings_rcu);
+	if (!rings)
+		return;
+	if (READ_ONCE(rings->cq_flags) & IORING_CQ_EVENTFD_DISABLED)
+		return;
 	ev_fd = rcu_dereference(ctx->io_ev_fd);
 	/*
 	 * Check again if ev_fd exists in case an io_eventfd_unregister call