From: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>,
io-uring@vger.kernel.org, regressions@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [REGRESSION] io_uring: final close can hang on a stopped submitter
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 05:35:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027043521.99446-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit 13d3783a55b7 ("io_uring: wait for in-flight requests on ring
release") can make the final close of a shared ring wait for task_work
owned by a stopped submitter. The close does not return until that task
resumes.
An LLM helped with the review and reproducer.
#regzbot introduced: 13d3783a55b758a9fa05b67835afa7e216476c61
Last good: v7.3, c03c1a14507dfaf8b856c2608f9ac216021fc222
Tested bad: d135ab453a7400a34930bdda1ef4bdc8acfac80e
(master as of 2026-10-27)
The reproducer uses a default ring and three processes:
1. Submitter B creates the ring and submits POLL_ADD on an empty pipe.
2. B forks closer A. A inherits the ring fd but starts without an
io_uring task context.
3. A unmaps the ring but keeps its fd. B drops its fd and mappings,
then stops itself with SIGSTOP.
4. After confirming that B is stopped, controller P tells A to close
the final ring fd.
5. P resumes B after two seconds so the test can finish.
B keeps both pipe ends open and remains alive until close returns. This
excludes pipe HUP and process exit as completion sources.
Tested with QEMU 11.0.2, arm64 virt/cortex-a57, two vCPUs,
CONFIG_IO_URING=y, and CONFIG_PREEMPT=y:
v7.3: close returned in 0 ms
d135ab453a74: close returned after 2005 ms, immediately after B resumed
Regards,
Karl
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2026-10-27 4:35 Karl Mehltretter [this message]
2026-10-27 18:04 ` [REGRESSION] io_uring: final close can hang on a stopped submitter Jens Axboe
2026-10-27 20:45 ` Karl Mehltretter
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