Re: [PATCH v2 6.6] io_uring/rw: ensure reissue path is correctly handled for IOPOLL

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 03:54:18PM -0500, Sumanth Gavini wrote:
> commit bcb0fda3c2da9fe4721d3e73d80e778c038e7d27 upstream.
> 
> The IOPOLL path posts CQEs when the io_kiocb is marked as completed,
> so it cannot rely on the usual retry that non-IOPOLL requests do for
> read/write requests.
> 
> If -EAGAIN is received and the request should be retried, go through
> the normal completion path and let the normal flush logic catch it and
> reissue it, like what is done for !IOPOLL reads or writes.
> 
> Fixes: d803d123948f ("io_uring/rw: handle -EAGAIN retry at IO completion time")
> Reported-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/2b43ccfa-644d-4a09-8f8f-39ad71810f41@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sumanth Gavini <sumanth.gavini@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Removed the extra space before commit-id in message, No codes changes
> - Link to v1:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250809182636.209767-1-sumanth.gavini@xxxxxxxxx/

We can not take patches ONLY for older kernel trees and not newer ones,
otherwise you will have a regression when moving to a newer one.  I've
dropped this now, please submit for all relevant trees.

thanks,

greg k-h