@@ -1238,6 +1238,15 @@ void tctx_task_work(struct callback_head *cb)
loops++;
node = io_llist_xchg(&tctx->task_list, &fake);
count += handle_tw_list(node, &ctx, &uring_locked, &fake);
+
+ /* skip expensive cmpxchg if there are items in the list */
+ if (READ_ONCE(tctx->task_list.first) != &fake)
+ continue;
+ if (uring_locked && !wq_list_empty(&ctx->submit_state.compl_reqs)) {
+ io_submit_flush_completions(ctx);
+ if (READ_ONCE(tctx->task_list.first) != &fake)
+ continue;
+ }
node = io_llist_cmpxchg(&tctx->task_list, &fake, NULL);
} while (node != &fake);
io_submit_flush_completions() may produce new task_work items, so it's a good idea to recheck the task_work list after flushing completions. The optimisation is not new and was accidentially removed by f88262e60bb9 ("io_uring: lockless task list") Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> --- io_uring/io_uring.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)