From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: io-uring <io-uring@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] io_uring/rw: end write accounting from ->ki_complete
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 19:09:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <30fdc8f9-f50e-46b6-b876-20e4f59c744f@kernel.dk> (raw)
Commit b000145e9907 moved both the fsnotify calls and the write
accounting out of the kiocb completion handler and into the
io_req_rw_complete() task_work. However, only the fsnotify part actually
needed to move as it may sleep. Ending the write accounting is just a
percpu_up_read() on the superblock writers sem.
Deferring it is a problem, because it makes dropping SB_FREEZE_WRITE
protection depend on the ring owner getting to running task_work. But
the task may be blocked in freeze_super(), causing it to never get to
that:
task io-wq worker
--------------------------------------------------------------
io_write()
io_kiocb_start_write() (takes sb_writers, hidden from
lockdep by __sb_writers_release)
write_iter() -> -EIOCBQUEUED
ioctl(FS_IOC_SHUTDOWN)
bdev_freeze()
freeze_super()
percpu_down_write() <- waits for the reader above
io_write()
kiocb_start_write()
percpu_down_read() <- queued
behind the
writer
<bio completes>
io_complete_rw()
queues io_req_rw_complete() <- never runs, task is in D state
End the write from io_complete_rw() instead, and leave only the fsnotify
calls in task_work.
Reported-by: syzbot+2eb3d983669d3e49d4fa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b000145e9907 ("io_uring/rw: defer fsnotify calls to task context")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 95106dd1d7eb..3e22f294bdf2 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -517,20 +517,25 @@ static void io_req_end_write(struct io_kiocb *req)
}
}
-/*
- * Trigger the notifications after having done some IO, and finish the write
- * accounting, if any.
- */
-static void io_req_io_end(struct io_kiocb *req)
+/* Trigger the notifications after having done some IO. */
+static void io_req_io_notify(struct io_kiocb *req)
{
struct io_rw *rw = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_rw);
- if (rw->kiocb.ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE) {
- io_req_end_write(req);
+ if (rw->kiocb.ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
fsnotify_modify(req->file);
- } else {
+ else
fsnotify_access(req->file);
- }
+}
+
+/* Finish write accounting and notify, for inline completions only. */
+static void io_req_io_end(struct io_kiocb *req)
+{
+ struct io_rw *rw = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_rw);
+
+ if (rw->kiocb.ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
+ io_req_end_write(req);
+ io_req_io_notify(req);
}
static void __io_complete_rw_common(struct io_kiocb *req, long res)
@@ -563,7 +568,7 @@ void io_req_rw_complete(struct io_tw_req tw_req, io_tw_token_t tw)
{
struct io_kiocb *req = tw_req.req;
- io_req_io_end(req);
+ io_req_io_notify(req);
if (req->flags & (REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED|REQ_F_BUFFER_RING))
req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, max(req->cqe.res, 0), NULL);
@@ -577,6 +582,10 @@ static void io_complete_rw(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res)
struct io_rw *rw = container_of(kiocb, struct io_rw, kiocb);
struct io_kiocb *req = cmd_to_io_kiocb(rw);
+ /* ring owner may block in freeze_super() before task_work runs */
+ if (kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
+ io_req_end_write(req);
+
__io_complete_rw_common(req, res);
io_req_set_res(req, io_fixup_rw_res(req, res), 0);
req->io_task_work.func = io_req_rw_complete;
--
Jens Axboe
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