Merge tag 'io_uring-5.16-2021-12-03' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
Pull io_uring fix from Jens Axboe:
"Just a single fix preventing repeated retries of task_work based io-wq
thread creation, fixing a regression from when io-wq was made more (a
bit too much) resilient against signals"
* tag 'io_uring-5.16-2021-12-03' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
io-wq: don't retry task_work creation failure on fatal conditions
diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 88202de..50cf9f9 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -714,6 +714,13 @@
static inline bool io_should_retry_thread(long err)
{
+ /*
+ * Prevent perpetual task_work retry, if the task (or its group) is
+ * exiting.
+ */
+ if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+ return false;
+
switch (err) {
case -EAGAIN:
case -ERESTARTSYS:
