INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (5)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/01 20:24
Subsystems: jfs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+139671f0b42887d37af9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 349d, last: 9d08h
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d426a46b assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (5) 2026/05/26 12:41 2026/05/26 12:41 2026/05/26 13:42 c69befb3
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[syzbot] [jfs?] INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (5) 0 (1) 2026/05/01 20:24
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal jfs 1 1 1430d 1430d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/17 08:27
upstream INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (3) jfs 1 4 1196d 1241d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/08 02:21
upstream INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (2) jfs 1 1 1332d 1331d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/25 22:54
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal 1 1 765d 765d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/22 04:48
upstream INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (4) jfs 1 45 454d 729d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/29 12:32
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal jfs 1 1 1343d 1343d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/14 13:39
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal (2) 1 1 464d 464d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/19 18:53
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal 1 1 1211d 1211d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/03 18:59

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.2.1731:13316 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.1731      state:D stack:25352 pid:13316 tgid:13308 ppid:12082  task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5526 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17db/0x58f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7276
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7353 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7368
 jfs_flush_journal+0x719/0xf50 fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1561
 jfs_sync_fs+0x7d/0xa0 fs/jfs/super.c:650
 sync_filesystem+0x1d2/0x240 fs/sync.c:66
 jfs_reconfigure+0xc6/0x990 fs/jfs/super.c:370
 reconfigure_super+0x232/0x8f0 fs/super.c:1143
 vfs_cmd_reconfigure fs/fsopen.c:268 [inline]
 vfs_fsconfig_locked+0x171/0x320 fs/fsopen.c:297
 __do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:463 [inline]
 __se_sys_fsconfig+0x6b9/0x810 fs/fsopen.c:350
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f980af9e159
RSP: 002b:00007f980be02028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001af
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f980b226090 RCX: 00007f980af9e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000007 RDI: 0000000000000067
RBP: 00007f980b03503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f980b226128 R14: 00007f980b226090 R15: 00007ffd638e1dc8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by pr/ttyS0/16: 2, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8ec36338 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_try_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:314 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ec36338 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock_nmisafe include/linux/srcu.h:439 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ec36338 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: console_srcu_read_lock+0x30/0x60 kernel/printk/printk.c:291
 #1: ffffffff9ad35098 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{3:3}, at: __uart_port_lock_irqsave include/linux/serial_core.h:613 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff9ad35098 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{3:3}, at: univ8250_console_device_lock+0x67/0xc0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:413
locks held by khungtaskd/32: 1, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffffffff8ed5c760 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ed5c760 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ed5c760 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6871
locks held by klogd/4965: 1, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffffffff8eeac1b0 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_lock_acquire include/linux/srcu.h:198 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8eeac1b0 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock+0x27/0x60 include/linux/srcu.h:305
locks held by getty/5360: 2, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff8880352850a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000322b2e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45a/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by syz.2.1731/13316: 2, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff8880129bc668 (&fc->uapi_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:461 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880129bc668 (&fc->uapi_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __se_sys_fsconfig+0x68d/0x810 fs/fsopen.c:350
 #1: ffff88805415c0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#72){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: vfs_cmd_reconfigure fs/fsopen.c:267 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805415c0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#72){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: vfs_fsconfig_locked+0x169/0x320 fs/fsopen.c:297

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:123
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17d/0x390 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:66
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd7/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: pr/ttyS0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
RIP: 0010:rdtsc_ordered arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h:57 [inline]
RIP: 0010:delay_tsc+0x73/0xd0 arch/x86/lib/delay.c:70
Code: e8 02 96 b1 f5 65 48 8b 05 fa 58 b1 07 48 85 c0 74 1c f3 90 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 99 94 b1 f5 e8 f4 7a 01 00 39 c5 75 0e 0f 01 f9 <66> 90 eb bb e8 24 1e 50 f5 eb dd 4c 29 fb e8 da 7a 01 00 89 c5 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001578b8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 000000005621bd16 RBX: 0000000000000993 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 00000000000001d6 RSI: ffffffff8c6d9460 RDI: ffffffff8c6d9420
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8be346c0 R12: 1ffffffff35a6a6d
R13: 00000000ffffffff R14: 000001d65621bb45 R15: 000000000000013e
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124dd6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f46bacdb4c0 CR3: 000000000eb48000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 udelay include/asm-generic/delay.h:62 [inline]
 wait_for_lsr+0x147/0x2f0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2019
 serial8250_fifo_wait_for_lsr_thre drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3270 [inline]
 __serial8250_console_fifo_write+0xcd/0x3e0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3345
 serial8250_console_fifo_write drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3378 [inline]
 __serial8250_console_write drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3429 [inline]
 serial8250_console_write+0xaa1/0x1200 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3493
 nbcon_emit_next_record+0xef5/0x1a90 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:-1
 nbcon_emit_one kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1157 [inline]
 nbcon_kthread_func+0x679/0x880 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1271
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (53):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/09 14:15 upstream 893e11787f78 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/09/04 08:17 upstream 8ab1afb2eb24 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/08/23 08:35 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/26 07:33 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/23 07:43 upstream 4539944e5151 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/16 18:51 upstream 37e2f878a7a6 71b49442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/12 09:46 upstream 44696aa3a489 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/10 10:13 upstream a635d6748234 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/07 01:12 upstream 8cdeaa50eae8 8e71ce95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/05 18:19 upstream f105f3631d51 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/05 13:18 upstream 7404ce516372 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/05 12:00 upstream 7404ce516372 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/05 11:50 upstream 7404ce516372 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/03 19:51 upstream 71dfdfb0209b 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/07/01 03:13 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 00a5cf1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/06/14 04:17 upstream 2b07ea76fd28 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/06/09 18:25 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/05/19 15:21 upstream ab5fce87a778 223544dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/05/17 10:41 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/05/06 19:51 upstream 74fe02ce122a 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/05/02 05:09 upstream 6fe0be6dc7fa 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/28 19:07 upstream dca922e019dd ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/27 20:20 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/25 16:35 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/25 08:57 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/24 22:11 upstream dd6c438c3e64 1c2b9291 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/24 09:50 upstream 45dcf5e28813 9cfb3ca7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/23 09:45 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/23 09:44 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/21 01:59 upstream a5d1079c28a5 e65da4ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/20 09:14 upstream c1f49dea2b8f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/17 18:53 upstream 43cfbdda5af6 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/03/25 21:55 upstream bbeb83d3182a c6143aac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/03/07 15:53 upstream 4ae12d8bd9a8 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/03/06 11:21 upstream 5ee8dbf54602 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/02/03 03:23 upstream dee65f79364c d78927dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2025/11/15 13:27 upstream 7a0892d2836e f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2025/11/05 22:32 upstream 1c353dc8d962 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2025/10/18 13:36 upstream f406055cb18c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2025/10/04 07:39 upstream 9b0d551bcc05 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/22 17:40 linux-next 70c8a7ec6715 4595e353 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 02:32 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 02:09 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 02:08 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 01:58 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 01:55 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 01:55 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/18 00:55 linux-next c7275b05bc42 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/04/06 07:37 linux-next cc13002a9f98 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/03/23 18:19 linux-next 785f0eb2f85d 5e3db351 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2025/12/22 06:06 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
2026/01/11 12:07 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 INFO: task hung in jfs_flush_journal
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.