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io_uring/io-wq: fix `max_workers` breakage and `nr_workers` underflow
authorMax Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:06:09 +0000 (02:06 +0200)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:46:13 +0000 (10:46 -0600)
commitcd4ea81be3eb94047ad023c631afd9bd6c295400
tree74ce3a9f2ce1b6fc5dba7891cfbb5968f32be562
parent98b6fa62c84f2e129161e976a5b9b3cb4ccd117b
io_uring/io-wq: fix `max_workers` breakage and `nr_workers` underflow

Commit 88e6c42e40de ("io_uring/io-wq: add check free worker before
create new worker") reused the variable `do_create` for something
else, abusing it for the free worker check.

This caused the value to effectively always be `true` at the time
`nr_workers < max_workers` was checked, but it should really be
`false`.  This means the `max_workers` setting was ignored, and worse:
if the limit had already been reached, incrementing `nr_workers` was
skipped even though another worker would be created.

When later lots of workers exit, the `nr_workers` field could easily
underflow, making the problem worse because more and more workers
would be created without incrementing `nr_workers`.

The simple solution is to use a different variable for the free worker
check instead of using one variable for two different things.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 88e6c42e40de ("io_uring/io-wq: add check free worker before create new worker")
Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Reviewed-by: Fengnan Chang <changfengnan@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
io_uring/io-wq.c