[PATCH 5.6 068/194] io_uring: check non-sync defer_list carefully

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

From: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 4ee3631451c9a62e6b6bc7ee51fb9a5b34e33509 ]

io_req_defer() do double-checked locking. Use proper helpers for that,
i.e. list_empty_careful().

Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/io_uring.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 01f71b9efb88f..832e042531bc4 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -4258,7 +4258,7 @@ static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Still need defer if there is pending req in defer list. */
-	if (!req_need_defer(req) && list_empty(&ctx->defer_list))
+	if (!req_need_defer(req) && list_empty_careful(&ctx->defer_list))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!req->io && io_alloc_async_ctx(req))
-- 
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