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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 8/9] io_uring/poll: don't poll a writer for urgent data
Date: Sat,  7 Nov 2026 09:16:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261107161634.2500557-9-axboe@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107161634.2500557-1-axboe@kernel.dk>

Commit edeac4546a71b6c1db4ba006a2dbf7c863f54e9a upstream.

io_arm_poll_handler() starts the mask of every async poll with EPOLLPRI,
for a reader and a writer alike. A TCP socket reports EPOLLPRI for as
long as urgent data sits unread, so once the peer has sent a byte with
MSG_OOB, the async poll of a send that waits for buffer space is ready
on every re-arm. The request spins through task_work and
__io_arm_poll_handler() until APOLL_MAX_RETRY is used up and io-wq takes
it, the same spin that EPOLLRDHUP caused for a half-closed peer.

While it spins, the request is neither in the poll hash nor in io-wq. A
cancel issued right after the send gets -ENOENT and the send stays
pending, until a later cancel finds it in io-wq.

Only add EPOLLPRI for polls that want to read. Urgent data is an event
for a recv, not for a writer.

Fixes: d7718a9d25a6 ("io_uring: use poll driven retry for files that support it")
Reported-by: Lukáš Lalinský <lukas@lalinsky.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/poll.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index 3239bc3039fb..2594c1f04e70 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ int io_arm_apoll(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags, __poll_t mask)
 int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 {
 	const struct io_issue_def *def = &io_issue_defs[req->opcode];
-	__poll_t mask = POLLPRI | POLLERR;
+	__poll_t mask = EPOLLERR;
 
 	if (!def->pollin && !def->pollout)
 		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
@@ -744,7 +744,8 @@ int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 		return IO_APOLL_ABORTED;
 
 	if (def->pollin) {
-		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+		/* urgent data is an event for a reader only */
+		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM | EPOLLPRI;
 
 		/* If reading from MSG_ERRQUEUE using recvmsg, ignore POLLIN */
 		if (req->flags & REQ_F_CLEAR_POLLIN)
-- 
2.56.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-07 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 16:16 [PATCH 6.18.y 0/9] io_uring fixes for 6.18-stable Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/9] io_uring/cancel: drop sqd->lock while SQPOLL waits Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/9] io_uring/sqpoll: don't attach to a thread that is canceling Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 3/9] io_uring/sqpoll: don't set IO_SQ_THREAD_SHOULD_STOP on thread exit Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 4/9] io_uring/sqpoll: do the return-to-userspace work in the SQPOLL thread Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 5/9] io_uring/cancel: count all requests that a CANCEL_ALL cancels Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 6/9] io_uring/poll: cancel all matching requests in one pass Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 7/9] io_uring/poll: don't poll a writer for a read side hangup Jens Axboe
2026-11-07 16:16 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2026-11-07 16:16 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 9/9] io_uring/rsrc: hold uring_lock across index-alloc put_user Jens Axboe

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