diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index a91003e28eaa..07910f5032e7 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -1895,6 +1896,11 @@ static int bprm_execve(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	struct files_struct *displaced;
 	int retval;
 
+	/*
+	 * Cancel any io_uring activity across execve
+	 */
+	io_uring_task_cancel();
+
 	retval = unshare_files(&displaced);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 21c0893f2f1d..4559b5fec3bd 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/close_range.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open __read_mostly = 1024*1024;
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min = BITS_PER_LONG;
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct files_struct * files = tsk->files;
 
 	if (files) {
+		io_uring_files_cancel(files);
 		task_lock(tsk);
 		tsk->files = NULL;
 		task_unlock(tsk);
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 046d06266a11..ee75ba7113cf 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 #include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/io_uring.h>
@@ -284,8 +285,6 @@ struct io_ring_ctx {
 	 */
 	struct fixed_file_data	*file_data;
 	unsigned		nr_user_files;
-	int 			ring_fd;
-	struct file 		*ring_file;
 
 	/* if used, fixed mapped user buffers */
 	unsigned		nr_user_bufs;
@@ -1433,7 +1432,12 @@ static void __io_cqring_fill_event(struct io_kiocb *req, long res, long cflags)
 		WRITE_ONCE(cqe->user_data, req->user_data);
 		WRITE_ONCE(cqe->res, res);
 		WRITE_ONCE(cqe->flags, cflags);
-	} else if (ctx->cq_overflow_flushed) {
+	} else if (ctx->cq_overflow_flushed || req->task->io_uring->in_idle) {
+		/*
+		 * If we're in ring overflow flush mode, or in task cancel mode,
+		 * then we cannot store the request for later flushing, we need
+		 * to drop it on the floor.
+		 */
 		WRITE_ONCE(ctx->rings->cq_overflow,
 				atomic_inc_return(&ctx->cached_cq_overflow));
 	} else {
@@ -1591,8 +1595,12 @@ static bool io_dismantle_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 static void __io_free_req_finish(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
+	struct io_uring_task *tctx = req->task->io_uring;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
+	atomic_long_inc(&tctx->req_complete);
+	if (tctx->in_idle)
+		wake_up(&tctx->wait);
 	put_task_struct(req->task);
 
 	if (likely(!io_is_fallback_req(req)))
@@ -1907,6 +1915,7 @@ static void io_req_free_batch_finish(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	if (rb->to_free)
 		__io_req_free_batch_flush(ctx, rb);
 	if (rb->task) {
+		atomic_long_add(rb->task_refs, &rb->task->io_uring->req_complete);
 		put_task_struct_many(rb->task, rb->task_refs);
 		rb->task = NULL;
 	}
@@ -1922,8 +1931,10 @@ static void io_req_free_batch(struct req_batch *rb, struct io_kiocb *req)
 		io_queue_next(req);
 
 	if (req->task != rb->task) {
-		if (rb->task)
+		if (rb->task) {
+			atomic_long_add(rb->task_refs, &rb->task->io_uring->req_complete);
 			put_task_struct_many(rb->task, rb->task_refs);
+		}
 		rb->task = req->task;
 		rb->task_refs = 0;
 	}
@@ -3978,8 +3989,7 @@ static int io_close_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 		return -EBADF;
 
 	req->close.fd = READ_ONCE(sqe->fd);
-	if ((req->file && req->file->f_op == &io_uring_fops) ||
-	    req->close.fd == req->ctx->ring_fd)
+	if ((req->file && req->file->f_op == &io_uring_fops))
 		return -EBADF;
 
 	req->close.put_file = NULL;
@@ -5667,6 +5677,7 @@ static void io_req_drop_files(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		wake_up(&ctx->inflight_wait);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->inflight_lock, flags);
 	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
+	put_files_struct(req->work.files);
 	req->work.files = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -6067,34 +6078,20 @@ static int io_req_set_file(struct io_submit_state *state, struct io_kiocb *req,
 
 static int io_grab_files(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
-	int ret = -EBADF;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
 	io_req_init_async(req);
 
 	if (req->work.files || (req->flags & REQ_F_NO_FILE_TABLE))
 		return 0;
-	if (!ctx->ring_file)
-		return -EBADF;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	req->work.files = get_files_struct(current);
+	req->flags |= REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->inflight_lock);
-	/*
-	 * We use the f_ops->flush() handler to ensure that we can flush
-	 * out work accessing these files if the fd is closed. Check if
-	 * the fd has changed since we started down this path, and disallow
-	 * this operation if it has.
-	 */
-	if (fcheck(ctx->ring_fd) == ctx->ring_file) {
-		list_add(&req->inflight_entry, &ctx->inflight_list);
-		req->flags |= REQ_F_INFLIGHT;
-		req->work.files = current->files;
-		ret = 0;
-	}
+	list_add(&req->inflight_entry, &ctx->inflight_list);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->inflight_lock);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int io_prep_work_files(struct io_kiocb *req)
@@ -6459,6 +6456,7 @@ static int io_init_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 	refcount_set(&req->refs, 2);
 	req->task = current;
 	get_task_struct(req->task);
+	atomic_long_inc(&req->task->io_uring->req_issue);
 	req->result = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(req->opcode >= IORING_OP_LAST))
@@ -6494,8 +6492,7 @@ static int io_init_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req,
 	return io_req_set_file(state, req, READ_ONCE(sqe->fd));
 }
 
-static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr,
-			  struct file *ring_file, int ring_fd)
+static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr)
 {
 	struct io_submit_state state;
 	struct io_kiocb *link = NULL;
@@ -6516,9 +6513,6 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr,
 
 	io_submit_state_start(&state, ctx, nr);
 
-	ctx->ring_fd = ring_fd;
-	ctx->ring_file = ring_file;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe;
 		struct io_kiocb *req;
@@ -6687,7 +6681,7 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data)
 
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 		if (likely(!percpu_ref_is_dying(&ctx->refs)))
-			ret = io_submit_sqes(ctx, to_submit, NULL, -1);
+			ret = io_submit_sqes(ctx, to_submit);
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 		timeout = jiffies + ctx->sq_thread_idle;
 	}
@@ -7516,6 +7510,34 @@ out_fput:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int io_uring_alloc_task_context(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct io_uring_task *tctx;
+
+	tctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*tctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!tctx))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	xa_init(&tctx->xa);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&tctx->wait);
+	tctx->last = NULL;
+	tctx->in_idle = 0;
+	atomic_long_set(&tctx->req_issue, 0);
+	atomic_long_set(&tctx->req_complete, 0);
+	task->io_uring = tctx;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void __io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct io_uring_task *tctx = tsk->io_uring;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!xa_empty(&tctx->xa));
+	xa_destroy(&tctx->xa);
+	kfree(tctx);
+	tsk->io_uring = NULL;
+}
+
 static int io_sq_offload_start(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			       struct io_uring_params *p)
 {
@@ -7551,6 +7573,9 @@ static int io_sq_offload_start(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			ctx->sqo_thread = NULL;
 			goto err;
 		}
+		ret = io_uring_alloc_task_context(ctx->sqo_thread);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
 		wake_up_process(ctx->sqo_thread);
 	} else if (p->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQ_AFF) {
 		/* Can't have SQ_AFF without SQPOLL */
@@ -8063,7 +8088,7 @@ static bool io_wq_files_match(struct io_wq_work *work, void *data)
 {
 	struct files_struct *files = data;
 
-	return work->files == files;
+	return !files || work->files == files;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -8218,7 +8243,7 @@ static bool io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->inflight_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(req, &ctx->inflight_list, inflight_entry) {
-			if (req->work.files != files)
+			if (files && req->work.files != files)
 				continue;
 			/* req is being completed, ignore */
 			if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&req->refs))
@@ -8254,18 +8279,217 @@ static bool io_cancel_task_cb(struct io_wq_work *work, void *data)
 	return io_task_match(req, task);
 }
 
+static bool __io_uring_cancel_task_requests(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+					    struct task_struct *task,
+					    struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	bool ret;
+
+	ret = io_uring_cancel_files(ctx, files);
+	if (!files) {
+		enum io_wq_cancel cret;
+
+		cret = io_wq_cancel_cb(ctx->io_wq, io_cancel_task_cb, task, true);
+		if (cret != IO_WQ_CANCEL_NOTFOUND)
+			ret = true;
+
+		/* SQPOLL thread does its own polling */
+		if (!(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL)) {
+			while (!list_empty_careful(&ctx->iopoll_list)) {
+				io_iopoll_try_reap_events(ctx);
+				ret = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret |= io_poll_remove_all(ctx, task);
+		ret |= io_kill_timeouts(ctx, task);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We need to iteratively cancel requests, in case a request has dependent
+ * hard links. These persist even for failure of cancelations, hence keep
+ * looping until none are found.
+ */
+static void io_uring_cancel_task_requests(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+					  struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL)
+		task = ctx->sqo_thread;
+
+	io_cqring_overflow_flush(ctx, true, task, files);
+
+	while (__io_uring_cancel_task_requests(ctx, task, files)) {
+		io_run_task_work();
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Note that this task has used io_uring. We use it for cancelation purposes.
+ */
+static int io_uring_add_task_file(struct file *file)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!current->io_uring)) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = io_uring_alloc_task_context(current);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			return ret;
+	}
+	if (current->io_uring->last != file) {
+		XA_STATE(xas, &current->io_uring->xa, (unsigned long) file);
+		void *old;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		old = xas_load(&xas);
+		if (old != file) {
+			get_file(file);
+			xas_lock(&xas);
+			xas_store(&xas, file);
+			xas_unlock(&xas);
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		current->io_uring->last = file;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove this io_uring_file -> task mapping.
+ */
+static void io_uring_del_task_file(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct io_uring_task *tctx = current->io_uring;
+	XA_STATE(xas, &tctx->xa, (unsigned long) file);
+
+	if (tctx->last == file)
+		tctx->last = NULL;
+
+	xas_lock(&xas);
+	file = xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+	xas_unlock(&xas);
+
+	if (file)
+		fput(file);
+}
+
+static void __io_uring_attempt_task_drop(struct file *file)
+{
+	XA_STATE(xas, &current->io_uring->xa, (unsigned long) file);
+	struct file *old;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	old = xas_load(&xas);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (old == file)
+		io_uring_del_task_file(file);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop task note for this file if we're the only ones that hold it after
+ * pending fput()
+ */
+static void io_uring_attempt_task_drop(struct file *file, bool exiting)
+{
+	if (!current->io_uring)
+		return;
+	/*
+	 * fput() is pending, will be 2 if the only other ref is our potential
+	 * task file note. If the task is exiting, drop regardless of count.
+	 */
+	if (!exiting && atomic_long_read(&file->f_count) != 2)
+		return;
+
+	__io_uring_attempt_task_drop(file);
+}
+
+void __io_uring_files_cancel(struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	struct io_uring_task *tctx = current->io_uring;
+	XA_STATE(xas, &tctx->xa, 0);
+
+	/* make sure overflow events are dropped */
+	tctx->in_idle = true;
+
+	do {
+		struct io_ring_ctx *ctx;
+		struct file *file;
+
+		xas_lock(&xas);
+		file = xas_next_entry(&xas, ULONG_MAX);
+		xas_unlock(&xas);
+
+		if (!file)
+			break;
+
+		ctx = file->private_data;
+
+		io_uring_cancel_task_requests(ctx, files);
+		if (files)
+			io_uring_del_task_file(file);
+	} while (1);
+}
+
+static inline bool io_uring_task_idle(struct io_uring_task *tctx)
+{
+	return atomic_long_read(&tctx->req_issue) ==
+		atomic_long_read(&tctx->req_complete);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find any io_uring fd that this task has registered or done IO on, and cancel
+ * requests.
+ */
+void __io_uring_task_cancel(void)
+{
+	struct io_uring_task *tctx = current->io_uring;
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	long completions;
+
+	/* make sure overflow events are dropped */
+	tctx->in_idle = true;
+
+	while (!io_uring_task_idle(tctx)) {
+		/* read completions before cancelations */
+		completions = atomic_long_read(&tctx->req_complete);
+		__io_uring_files_cancel(NULL);
+
+		prepare_to_wait(&tctx->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we've seen completions, retry. This avoids a race where
+		 * a completion comes in before we did prepare_to_wait().
+		 */
+		if (completions != atomic_long_read(&tctx->req_complete))
+			continue;
+		if (io_uring_task_idle(tctx))
+			break;
+		schedule();
+	}
+
+	finish_wait(&tctx->wait, &wait);
+	tctx->in_idle = false;
+}
+
 static int io_uring_flush(struct file *file, void *data)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
 
-	io_uring_cancel_files(ctx, data);
-
 	/*
 	 * If the task is going away, cancel work it may have pending
 	 */
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || (current->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		io_wq_cancel_cb(ctx->io_wq, io_cancel_task_cb, current, true);
+		data = NULL;
 
+	io_uring_cancel_task_requests(ctx, data);
+	io_uring_attempt_task_drop(file, !data);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -8379,8 +8603,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_uring_enter, unsigned int, fd, u32, to_submit,
 			wake_up(&ctx->sqo_wait);
 		submitted = to_submit;
 	} else if (to_submit) {
+		ret = io_uring_add_task_file(f.file);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			goto out;
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
-		submitted = io_submit_sqes(ctx, to_submit, f.file, fd);
+		submitted = io_submit_sqes(ctx, to_submit);
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 
 		if (submitted != to_submit)
@@ -8590,6 +8817,7 @@ static int io_uring_get_fd(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	file = anon_inode_getfile("[io_uring]", &io_uring_fops, ctx,
 					O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+err_fd:
 		put_unused_fd(ret);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
 		goto err;
@@ -8598,6 +8826,10 @@ static int io_uring_get_fd(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 #if defined(CONFIG_UNIX)
 	ctx->ring_sock->file = file;
 #endif
+	if (unlikely(io_uring_add_task_file(file))) {
+		file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		goto err_fd;
+	}
 	fd_install(ret, file);
 	return ret;
 err:
diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring.h b/include/linux/io_uring.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c09135a1ef13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+#ifndef _LINUX_IO_URING_H
+#define _LINUX_IO_URING_H
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/xarray.h>
+#include <linux/percpu-refcount.h>
+
+struct io_uring_task {
+	/* submission side */
+	struct xarray		xa;
+	struct wait_queue_head	wait;
+	struct file		*last;
+	atomic_long_t		req_issue;
+
+	/* completion side */
+	bool			in_idle ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+	atomic_long_t		req_complete;
+};
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_IO_URING)
+void __io_uring_task_cancel(void);
+void __io_uring_files_cancel(struct files_struct *files);
+void __io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk);
+
+static inline void io_uring_task_cancel(void)
+{
+	if (current->io_uring && !xa_empty(&current->io_uring->xa))
+		__io_uring_task_cancel();
+}
+static inline void io_uring_files_cancel(struct files_struct *files)
+{
+	if (current->io_uring && !xa_empty(&current->io_uring->xa))
+		__io_uring_files_cancel(files);
+}
+static inline void io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	if (tsk->io_uring)
+		__io_uring_free(tsk);
+}
+#else
+static inline void io_uring_task_cancel(void)
+{
+}
+static inline void io_uring_files_cancel(struct files_struct *files)
+{
+}
+static inline void io_uring_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index afe01e232935..8bf2295ebee4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct sighand_struct;
 struct signal_struct;
 struct task_delay_info;
 struct task_group;
+struct io_uring_task;
 
 /*
  * Task state bitmask. NOTE! These bits are also
@@ -935,6 +936,10 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* Open file information: */
 	struct files_struct		*files;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IO_URING
+	struct io_uring_task		*io_uring;
+#endif
+
 	/* Namespaces: */
 	struct nsproxy			*nsproxy;
 
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index f6889fce64af..a56f0abb63e9 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ struct task_struct init_task
 	.thread		= INIT_THREAD,
 	.fs		= &init_fs,
 	.files		= &init_files,
+#ifdef CONFIG_IO_URING
+	.io_uring	= NULL,
+#endif
 	.signal		= &init_signals,
 	.sighand	= &init_sighand,
 	.nsproxy	= &init_nsproxy,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index da8d360fb032..a3795aaaab5c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 #include <linux/stackleak.h>
 #include <linux/kasan.h>
 #include <linux/scs.h>
+#include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -728,6 +729,7 @@ void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	WARN_ON(refcount_read(&tsk->usage));
 	WARN_ON(tsk == current);
 
+	io_uring_free(tsk);
 	cgroup_free(tsk);
 	task_numa_free(tsk, true);
 	security_task_free(tsk);
@@ -1983,6 +1985,10 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	p->vtime.state = VTIME_INACTIVE;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IO_URING
+	p->io_uring = NULL;
+#endif
+
 #if defined(SPLIT_RSS_COUNTING)
 	memset(&p->rss_stat, 0, sizeof(p->rss_stat));
 #endif