Re: [bug report] io_uring: add task fork hook

[Jens Axboe]

On 2/6/26 6:40 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> [ Smatch checking is paused while we raise funding.  #SadFace
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTaiGSbWZ9DJaGo7@stanley.mountain/ -dan ]
> 
> Hello Jens Axboe,
> 
> Commit 4f08520591a2 ("io_uring: add task fork hook") from Jan 16,
> 2026 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static checker
> warning:
> 
> 	kernel/fork.c:2544 copy_process()
> 	warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'
> 
> kernel/fork.c
>   2128  #ifdef CONFIG_IO_URING
>   2129          p->io_uring = NULL;
>   2130          retval = io_uring_fork(p);
> 
> The patch added this assignment.
> 
>   2131          if (unlikely(retval))
>   2132                  goto bad_fork_cleanup_delayacct;
>   2133  #endif
>   2134  
>   2135          p->default_timer_slack_ns = current->timer_slack_ns;
>   2136  
>   2137  #ifdef CONFIG_PSI
>   2138          p->psi_flags = 0;
>   2139  #endif
>   2140  
>   2141          task_io_accounting_init(&p->ioac);
>   2142          acct_clear_integrals(p);
>   2143  
>   2144          posix_cputimers_init(&p->posix_cputimers);
>   2145          tick_dep_init_task(p);
>   2146  
>   2147          p->io_context = NULL;
>   2148          audit_set_context(p, NULL);
>   2149          cgroup_fork(p);
>   2150          if (args->kthread) {
>   2151                  if (!set_kthread_struct(p))
>   2152                          goto bad_fork_cleanup_delayacct;
> 
> So now retval is success where previously it had been -EAGAIN
> 
>   2153          }

Thanks, fixed up.

-- 
Jens Axboe