Re: [PATCH] io_uring/bpf-ops: wake up the loop task on eject
From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 12:51:20 EST
Sidong Yang <sidong.yang@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> io_eject_bpf() clears ctx->loop_step while a loop may be sleeping in
> io_loop_wait(), which releases ->uring_lock before schedule(). Nothing
> wakes the submitter task after the BPF ops are unregistered through link
> destruction or ring teardown, so the task stays blocked in
> io_uring_enter() until an unrelated CQE event or signal arrives.
>
> Since BPF ops require IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN, only
> ctx->submitter_task can run the loop, so wake it directly. The loop
> rechecks loop_step after waking up and exits with -EFAULT. A spurious
> wakeup is harmless because io_loop_wait() rechecks the wait condition
> before sleeping again.
>
> Fixes: 98f37634b12b ("io_uring/bpf-ops: implement bpf ops registration")
> Signed-off-by: Sidong Yang <sidong.yang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Makes sense, feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> io_uring/bpf-ops.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/io_uring/bpf-ops.c b/io_uring/bpf-ops.c
> index 5a50f0675fe5..87148dbd3b3e 100644
> --- a/io_uring/bpf-ops.c
> +++ b/io_uring/bpf-ops.c
> @@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ static void io_eject_bpf(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
> ops->priv = NULL;
> ctx->bpf_ops = NULL;
> ctx->loop_step = NULL;
> + /*
> + * A loop may be sleeping in io_loop_wait() with ->uring_lock
> + * released. It'll see loop_step == NULL after waking up, but
> + * nothing wakes it otherwise.
> + */
> + if (ctx->submitter_task)
> + wake_up_state(ctx->submitter_task, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> }
>
> static void bpf_io_unreg(void *kdata, struct bpf_link *link)
> --
> 2.53.0
>
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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi