From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] io_uring: mark known and harmless racy ctx->int_flags uses
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:58:06 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260314145920.86796-3-axboe@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260314145920.86796-1-axboe@kernel.dk>
There are a few of these, where flags are read outside of the
uring_lock, yet it's harmless to race on them.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
io_uring/io_uring.c | 2 +-
io_uring/io_uring.h | 7 ++++---
io_uring/tw.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index bfeb3bc3849d..fb5a263706be 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ static __poll_t io_uring_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
__poll_t mask = 0;
- if (unlikely(!(ctx->int_flags & IO_RING_F_POLL_ACTIVATED)))
+ if (unlikely(!(data_race(ctx->int_flags) & IO_RING_F_POLL_ACTIVATED)))
io_activate_pollwq(ctx);
/*
* provides mb() which pairs with barrier from wq_has_sleeper
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index 5cb1983043cd..91cf67b5d85b 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -470,11 +470,12 @@ static inline void io_req_complete_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
wq_list_add_tail(&req->comp_list, &state->compl_reqs);
}
+#define SHOULD_FLUSH_MASK (IO_RING_F_OFF_TIMEOUT_USED | \
+ IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD | IO_RING_F_POLL_ACTIVATED)
+
static inline void io_commit_cqring_flush(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
{
- if (unlikely(ctx->int_flags & (IO_RING_F_OFF_TIMEOUT_USED |
- IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD |
- IO_RING_F_POLL_ACTIVATED)))
+ if (unlikely(data_race(ctx->int_flags) & SHOULD_FLUSH_MASK))
__io_commit_cqring_flush(ctx);
}
diff --git a/io_uring/tw.c b/io_uring/tw.c
index 022fe8753c19..fdff81eebc95 100644
--- a/io_uring/tw.c
+++ b/io_uring/tw.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void io_req_local_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned flags)
if (!head) {
io_ctx_mark_taskrun(ctx);
- if (ctx->int_flags & IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD)
+ if (data_race(ctx->int_flags) & IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD)
io_eventfd_signal(ctx, false);
}
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-14 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 14:58 [PATCHSET for-next 0/2] Replace io_ring_ctx bitfields with flags Jens Axboe
2026-03-14 14:58 ` [PATCH 1/2] io_uring: switch struct io_ring_ctx internal bitfields to flags Jens Axboe
2026-03-15 3:16 ` Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
2026-03-14 14:58 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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