[PATCH] hrtimer: Use the mask to clear TIF_HRTIMER_REARM from the exit work
From: Karl Mehltretter
Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 10:44:24 EST
hrtimer_rearm_deferred_user_irq() removes the rearm bit from the local
copy of the TIF work with:
*tif_work &= ~TIF_HRTIMER_REARM;
TIF_HRTIMER_REARM is the bit number (12), not the mask. That clears
TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL (bit 2) and TIF_MEMDIE (bit 3) from the copy and
leaves bit 12 set.
So the function never returns true, and the copy handed to
exit_to_user_mode_loop() lacks TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL. If that was the only
work for the loop, the task returns to user space with the task work
still pending. hrtimer_interrupt() sets TIF_HRTIMER_REARM every time,
so the next tick repeats that. Task work queued with TWA_SIGNAL from a
hrtimer callback stays pending until the task does a syscall, takes an
interrupt without deferred rearm or has to reschedule.
A task which polls the io_uring completion ring in user space sees a
timeout completion after 30ms (median) instead of 70us. 2 CPU QEMU
guest, HZ=1000.
Use the mask.
Fixes: 15dd3a948855 ("hrtimer: Push reprogramming timers into the interrupt return path")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hrtimer_rearm.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer_rearm.h b/include/linux/hrtimer_rearm.h
index 17a81826bd9a9..12e42721c8e01 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer_rearm.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer_rearm.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ hrtimer_rearm_deferred_user_irq(unsigned long *tif_work, const unsigned long tif
clear_thread_flag(TIF_HRTIMER_REARM);
__hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
/* Don't go into the loop if HRTIMER_REARM was the only flag */
- *tif_work &= ~TIF_HRTIMER_REARM;
+ *tif_work &= ~_TIF_HRTIMER_REARM;
return !*tif_work;
}
return false;
base-commit: 40288c9206c17eb66a603262e06a58d300d0f279
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2.53.0