possible deadlock in do_qc

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/17 09:35
Reported-by: syzbot+0523e0803f6b4091fb43@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 457d, last: 17d
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in do_qc gfs2 4 785 765d 893d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/22 09:11
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in do_qc 4 1049 1d18h 872d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/04/27 22:18
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in do_qc origin:lts-only 4 syz, C 1774 22h54m 872d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/28 01:25

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.3.64/6180 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880250b8ae8 (&sdp->sd_quota_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: do_qc+0xa1/0x5f0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:689

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805e8f3ba8 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: sweep_bh_for_rgrps fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1543 [inline]
ffff88805e8f3ba8 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: punch_hole+0x1c8e/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1867

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       __gfs2_iomap_get+0x168/0x1390 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:862
       gfs2_iomap_get+0xef/0x170 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1427
       bh_get+0x251/0x760 fs/gfs2/quota.c:401
       qdsb_get+0x210/0x330 fs/gfs2/quota.c:535
       gfs2_quota_hold+0x191/0x5c0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:615
       ea_remove_unstuffed fs/gfs2/xattr.c:338 [inline]
       ea_set_remove_unstuffed+0x182/0x280 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1086
       __gfs2_xattr_set+0x8b5/0xb20 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1217
       gfs2_xattr_set+0x341/0x430 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1258
       __vfs_setxattr+0x437/0x470 fs/xattr.c:201
       __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12a/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:235
       vfs_setxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:322
       do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:630 [inline]
       path_setxattr+0x33a/0x590 fs/xattr.c:659
       __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:677 [inline]
       __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:673 [inline]
       __x64_sys_setxattr+0xbb/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:673
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&sdp->sd_quota_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       do_qc+0xa1/0x5f0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:689
       gfs2_quota_change+0x28f/0x7a0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1289
       punch_hole+0x282f/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1968
       gfs2_iomap_end+0x4a5/0x7b0 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1188
       iomap_iter+0x203/0xe70 fs/iomap/iter.c:79
       iomap_file_buffered_write+0xbc8/0xda0 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1007
       gfs2_file_buffered_write+0x4c0/0x820 fs/gfs2/file.c:1060
       gfs2_file_write_iter+0x43d/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1158
       __kernel_write_iter+0x29f/0x6d0 fs/read_write.c:517
       dump_emit_page fs/coredump.c:958 [inline]
       dump_user_range+0x418/0x840 fs/coredump.c:985
       elf_core_dump+0x320e/0x37c0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:2184
       do_coredump+0x1791/0x24a0 fs/coredump.c:834
       get_signal+0x10da/0x1390 kernel/signal.c:2897
       arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
       exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
       exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
       irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:315
       exc_page_fault+0x8c/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1519
       asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
                               lock(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);
                               lock(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
  lock(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

5 locks held by syz.3.64/6180:
 #0: ffff888030b7c418 (sb_writers#22){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_coredump+0x1774/0x24a0 fs/coredump.c:833
 #1: ffff88805e8f3720 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#26){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805e8f3720 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#26){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: gfs2_file_write_iter+0x364/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1115
 #2: ffff888030b7c608 (sb_internal#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: gfs2_trans_begin+0x6f/0xe0 fs/gfs2/trans.c:118
 #3: ffff8880250b9060 (&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock){.+.+}-{3:3}, at: __gfs2_trans_begin+0x537/0x8b0 fs/gfs2/trans.c:87
 #4: ffff88805e8f3ba8 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: sweep_bh_for_rgrps fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1543 [inline]
 #4: ffff88805e8f3ba8 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: punch_hole+0x1c8e/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1867

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 6180 Comm: syz.3.64 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 do_qc+0xa1/0x5f0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:689
 gfs2_quota_change+0x28f/0x7a0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1289
 punch_hole+0x282f/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1968
 gfs2_iomap_end+0x4a5/0x7b0 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1188
 iomap_iter+0x203/0xe70 fs/iomap/iter.c:79
 iomap_file_buffered_write+0xbc8/0xda0 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1007
 gfs2_file_buffered_write+0x4c0/0x820 fs/gfs2/file.c:1060
 gfs2_file_write_iter+0x43d/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1158
 __kernel_write_iter+0x29f/0x6d0 fs/read_write.c:517
 dump_emit_page fs/coredump.c:958 [inline]
 dump_user_range+0x418/0x840 fs/coredump.c:985
 elf_core_dump+0x320e/0x37c0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:2184
 do_coredump+0x1791/0x24a0 fs/coredump.c:834
 get_signal+0x10da/0x1390 kernel/signal.c:2897
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:315
 exc_page_fault+0x8c/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1519
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7f4dd499e161
Code: 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 <c3> 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f
RSP: 002b:0000000000000050 EFLAGS: 00010217
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f4dd4c25fa0 RCX: 00007f4dd499e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000050 RDI: 0000000000904000
RBP: 00007f4dd4a35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4dd4c26038 R14: 00007f4dd4c25fa0 R15: 00007ffffb8b0c48
 </TASK>

Crashes (239):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/31 10:51 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/31 07:41 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/07 02:04 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/03 08:03 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/07/31 05:02 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/07/31 03:56 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/06/07 19:16 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/06/03 19:51 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/06/03 08:51 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/30 15:25 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/20 18:30 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c 62fb93a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/18 08:25 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/17 10:21 linux-6.6.y 4d922539ad7d de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/03 01:03 linux-6.6.y 258cf62a6dfd a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/25 18:30 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/19 00:50 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/18 18:06 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/15 20:47 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/13 04:10 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/08 11:10 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/30 16:42 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/30 05:28 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/29 18:19 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/29 07:13 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/29 07:02 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/19 05:41 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/12 21:25 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/12 17:12 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/06 18:45 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/01 22:47 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/28 22:05 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/28 19:17 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/28 12:16 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/27 23:56 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/25 19:21 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/19 00:58 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/10 20:51 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/09 18:07 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/09 07:05 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/04 22:11 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/24 21:25 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/16 20:06 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/15 03:20 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/11 10:57 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/09 13:31 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/08 09:51 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/04 19:43 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/04 04:10 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/03 06:13 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/01/02 13:43 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2025/12/31 15:57 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2025/12/31 13:16 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2025/06/17 09:34 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb cfebc887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.