req->result = mask;
init_task_work(&req->task_work, func);
/*
- * If this fails, then the task is exiting. Punt to one of the io-wq
- * threads to ensure the work gets run, we can't always rely on exit
- * cancelation taking care of this.
+ * If this fails, then the task is exiting. When a task exits, the
+ * work gets canceled, so just cancel this request as well instead
+ * of executing it. We can't safely execute it anyway, as we may not
+ * have the needed state needed for it anyway.
*/
ret = task_work_add(tsk, &req->task_work, true);
if (unlikely(ret)) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(poll->canceled, true);
tsk = io_wq_get_task(req->ctx->io_wq);
task_work_add(tsk, &req->task_work, true);
}