@@ -2247,6 +2247,12 @@ restart:
if (!ret) {
req->work_task = current;
+
+ /*
+ * Pairs with the smp_store_mb() (B) in
+ * io_cancel_async_work().
+ */
+ smp_mb(); /* A */
if (req->flags & REQ_F_CANCEL) {
ret = -ECANCELED;
goto end_req;
@@ -3725,7 +3731,15 @@ static void io_cancel_async_work(struct
req = list_first_entry(&ctx->task_list, struct io_kiocb, task_list);
list_del_init(&req->task_list);
- req->flags |= REQ_F_CANCEL;
+
+ /*
+ * The below executes an smp_mb(), which matches with the
+ * smp_mb() (A) in io_sq_wq_submit_work() such that either
+ * we store REQ_F_CANCEL flag to req->flags or we see the
+ * req->work_task setted in io_sq_wq_submit_work().
+ */
+ smp_store_mb(req->flags, req->flags | REQ_F_CANCEL); /* B */
+
if (req->work_task && (!files || req->files == files))
send_sig(SIGINT, req->work_task, 1);
}