io_uring: defer eventfd signaling when queued from a wakeup handler

io_req_local_work_add() signals the CQ ring eventfd inline when it is the
one to push the first entry onto ->work_list. For DEFER_TASKRUN rings that
add is frequently done from a waitqueue wakeup handler, where an
arbitrary waitqueue lock is held.

eventfd_signal_mask() only refuses to recurse when current->in_eventfd
is set, but that bit is set by eventfd_signal_mask() itself. If the wake
chain starts somewhere else, signal goes out inline and can feed back
into epoll.

Add IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE, set it on the task_work add done from the three
waitqueue callbacks, and use it to force io_eventfd_signal() down the
existing call_rcu_hurry() deferral instead of signaling inline.

Fixes: 21a091b970 ("io_uring: signal registered eventfd to process deferred task work")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813133843.2933127-1-4ncienth@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

include/linux/io_uring_types.h

@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ enum {
 	 * It's also ignored unless IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN is set.
 	 */
 	IOU_F_TWQ_LAZY_WAKE			= 1,
+
+	/*
+	 * Set when task_work is queued from a waitqueue wakeup handler, where
+	 * an arbitrary provider waitqueue lock is held. Signaling the CQ ring
+	 * eventfd inline from there can recurse back into that lock through
+	 * epoll, so the eventfd signal must be deferred.
+	 */
+	IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE			= 2,
 };
 
 enum io_uring_cmd_flags {

io_uring/eventfd.c

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ static void io_eventfd_do_signal(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 /*
  * Returns true if the caller should put the ev_fd reference, false if not.
  */
-static bool __io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ev_fd *ev_fd)
+static bool __io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ev_fd *ev_fd, bool defer)
 {
-	if (eventfd_signal_allowed()) {
+	if (!defer && eventfd_signal_allowed()) {
 		eventfd_signal_mask(ev_fd->cq_ev_fd, EPOLL_URING_WAKE);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static bool io_eventfd_trigger(struct io_ev_fd *ev_fd)
 	return !ev_fd->eventfd_async || io_wq_current_is_worker();
 }
 
-void io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool cqe_event)
+void io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool cqe_event, bool defer)
 {
 	bool skip = false;
 	struct io_ev_fd *ev_fd;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool cqe_event)
 		spin_unlock(&ctx->completion_lock);
 	}
 
-	if (skip || __io_eventfd_signal(ev_fd))
+	if (skip || __io_eventfd_signal(ev_fd, defer))
 		io_eventfd_put(ev_fd);
 }
 

io_uring/eventfd.h

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ int io_eventfd_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg,
 			unsigned int eventfd_async);
 int io_eventfd_unregister(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx);
 
-void io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool cqe_event);
+void io_eventfd_signal(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool cqe_event, bool defer);

io_uring/futex.c

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void io_futex_wakev_fn(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct futex_q *q)
 
 	io_req_set_res(req, 0, 0);
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_futexv_complete;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	__io_req_task_work_add(req, IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE);
 }
 
 int io_futexv_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static void io_futex_wake_fn(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct futex_q *q)
 
 	io_req_set_res(req, 0, 0);
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_futex_complete;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	__io_req_task_work_add(req, IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE);
 }
 
 int io_futexv_wait(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)

io_uring/io_uring.c

@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void __io_commit_cqring_flush(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	if (ctx->int_flags & IO_RING_F_OFF_TIMEOUT_USED)
 		io_flush_timeouts(ctx);
 	if (ctx->int_flags & IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD)
-		io_eventfd_signal(ctx, true);
+		io_eventfd_signal(ctx, true, false);
 }
 
 static inline void __io_cq_lock(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)

io_uring/poll.c

@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ enum {
 	IOU_POLL_REQUEUE = 4,
 };
 
-static void __io_poll_execute(struct io_kiocb *req, int mask)
+static void __io_poll_execute(struct io_kiocb *req, int mask, unsigned tw_flags)
 {
-	unsigned flags = 0;
+	unsigned flags = tw_flags;
 
 	io_req_set_res(req, mask, 0);
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_poll_task_func;
@@ -218,14 +218,15 @@ static void __io_poll_execute(struct io_kiocb *req, int mask)
 	trace_io_uring_task_add(req, mask);
 
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_POLL_NO_LAZY))
-		flags = IOU_F_TWQ_LAZY_WAKE;
+		flags |= IOU_F_TWQ_LAZY_WAKE;
 	__io_req_task_work_add(req, flags);
 }
 
-static inline void io_poll_execute(struct io_kiocb *req, int res)
+static inline void io_poll_execute(struct io_kiocb *req, int res,
+				   unsigned tw_flags)
 {
 	if (io_poll_get_ownership(req))
-		__io_poll_execute(req, res);
+		__io_poll_execute(req, res, tw_flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ void io_poll_task_func(struct io_tw_req tw_req, io_tw_token_t tw)
 	if (ret == IOU_POLL_NO_ACTION) {
 		return;
 	} else if (ret == IOU_POLL_REQUEUE) {
-		__io_poll_execute(req, 0);
+		__io_poll_execute(req, 0, 0);
 		return;
 	}
 	io_poll_remove_entries(req);
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ static void io_poll_cancel_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	io_poll_mark_cancelled(req);
 	/* kick tw, which should complete the request */
-	io_poll_execute(req, 0);
+	io_poll_execute(req, 0, 0);
 }
 
 #define IO_ASYNC_POLL_COMMON	(EPOLLONESHOT | EPOLLPRI)
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ static __cold int io_pollfree_wake(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_poll *poll)
 {
 	io_poll_mark_cancelled(req);
 	/* we have to kick tw in case it's not already */
-	io_poll_execute(req, 0);
+	io_poll_execute(req, 0, IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE);
 	io_poll_remove_waitq(poll);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ static int io_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
 			else
 				req->flags &= ~REQ_F_SINGLE_POLL;
 		}
-		__io_poll_execute(req, mask);
+		__io_poll_execute(req, mask, IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE);
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -618,7 +619,7 @@ static int __io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req,
 
 	if (mask && (poll->events & EPOLLET) &&
 	    io_poll_can_finish_inline(req, ipt)) {
-		__io_poll_execute(req, mask);
+		__io_poll_execute(req, mask, 0);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	io_napi_add(req);
@@ -629,7 +630,7 @@ static int __io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req,
 		 * poll was waken up, queue up a tw, it'll deal with it.
 		 */
 		if (atomic_cmpxchg(&req->poll_refs, 1, 0) != 1)
-			__io_poll_execute(req, 0);
+			__io_poll_execute(req, 0, 0);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }

io_uring/tw.c

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void io_req_local_work_add(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned flags)
 	if (mpscq_push(&ctx->work_list, &req->io_task_work.node)) {
 		io_ctx_mark_taskrun(ctx);
 		if (data_race(ctx->int_flags) & IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD)
-			io_eventfd_signal(ctx, false);
+			io_eventfd_signal(ctx, false, flags & IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE);
 	}
 
 	/*

io_uring/waitid.c

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int io_waitid_wait(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode,
 		return 1;
 
 	req->io_task_work.func = io_waitid_cb;
-	io_req_task_work_add(req);
+	__io_req_task_work_add(req, IOU_F_TWQ_IN_WAKE);
 	return 1;
 }