Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
To: joannelkoong@gmail.com,bernd@bsbernd.com,mszeredi@redhat.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:22:42 +0200
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The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x edb310bc27f0ad83e7fd558a3caf1a94ca511654
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026083142-tingly-scarecrow-e145@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:


thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From edb310bc27f0ad83e7fd558a3caf1a94ca511654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:31:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness

fuse_block_alloc() reads fch->initialized and then fch->io_uring.
fch->io_uring is set before fch->initialized, ordered by the smp_wmb()
in fuse_chan_set_intialized(), but fuse_block_alloc() has no matching
read barrier between the two loads.

This may lead a CPU to observe fch->initialized=1 but fch->io_uring=0,
and skip the check that blocks request allocation until the io-uring
queues are ready. This can reintroduce the lock-order inversion deadlock
that commit 3393ff964e0f prevents.

Add an smp_rmb() barrier to pair with the smp_wmb() in
fuse_chan_set_initialized() to prevent this.

Fixes: 3393ff964e0f ("fuse: block request allocation until io-uring init is complete")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd@bsbernd.com>
Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>

diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 7e81dea4f1c7..a27ea64d763a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ void fuse_chan_set_initialized(struct fuse_chan *fch, struct fuse_chan_param *pa
 
 static bool fuse_block_alloc(struct fuse_chan *fch, bool for_background)
 {
-	return !fch->initialized || (for_background && fch->blocked) ||
+	if (!fch->initialized)
+		return true;
+
+	/* Pairs with smp_wmb() in fuse_chan_set_initialized() */
+	smp_rmb();
+
+	return (for_background && fch->blocked) ||
 	       (fch->io_uring && fch->connected && !fuse_uring_ready(fch));
 }
 
@@ -120,9 +126,6 @@ static struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req(struct fuse_chan *fch, bool for_background)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Matches smp_wmb() in fuse_chan_set_initialized() */
-	smp_rmb();
-
 	err = -ENOTCONN;
 	if (!fch->connected)
 		goto out;