There's no need to use WRITE_ONCE() to set ctx->submitter_task in io_uring_create() since no other task can access the io_ring_ctx until a file descriptor is associated with it. So use a normal assignment instead of WRITE_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos --- io_uring/io_uring.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c index 6c07efac977c..20dfa5ef75dc 100644 --- a/io_uring/io_uring.c +++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c @@ -3889,12 +3889,17 @@ static __cold int io_uring_create(unsigned entries, struct io_uring_params *p, ret = -EFAULT; goto err; } if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SINGLE_ISSUER - && !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED)) - WRITE_ONCE(ctx->submitter_task, get_task_struct(current)); + && !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED)) { + /* + * Unlike io_register_enable_rings(), don't need WRITE_ONCE() + * since ctx isn't yet accessible from other tasks + */ + ctx->submitter_task = get_task_struct(current); + } file = io_uring_get_file(ctx); if (IS_ERR(file)) { ret = PTR_ERR(file); goto err; -- 2.45.2