INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:50
Reported-by: syzbot+15bcc4d83155c68d6d31@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d08h, last: 11h10m
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (3) prio:low ext4 1 syz, C error 539 1h48m 621d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/23 20:42
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 8 13h53m 2d07h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 00:11
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (2) ext4 1 1 808d 808d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/19 05:35
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access ext4 1 1 1709d 1709d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:40
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz 2 12h01m 5d13h 0/1 premoderation: reported syz repro on 2026/08/01 18:31
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 14 1h02m 2d08h 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:42

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:3:155 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:3    state:D stack:22928 pid:  155 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
 ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used+0x27d/0x14e0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:3885
 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x11ab/0x47c0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5806
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x17d1/0x63d0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4372
 ext4_map_blocks+0x97f/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:675
 mpage_map_one_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2410 [inline]
 mpage_map_and_submit_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2463 [inline]
 ext4_writepages+0x124a/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2831
 do_writepages+0x493/0x700 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
 writeback_sb_inodes+0xaaa/0x1750 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x12a/0x3f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2011
 wb_writeback+0x45e/0xbc0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2116
 wb_check_old_data_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 [inline]
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2269 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0xb15/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.36:4520 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.36        state:D stack:27696 pid: 4520 ppid:  4365 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x203/0x2e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5866
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x136/0x6c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6040
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xbf/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6077
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2c8/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2480
 generic_update_time+0x1cd/0x1f0 fs/inode.c:1881
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1894 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x3c0/0x440 fs/inode.c:2083
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1bc/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6195
 do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4328 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4396 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1e47/0x4440 mm/memory.c:4883
 do_user_addr_fault+0x494/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1355
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1443 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1496
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7feb8c0937d1
RSP: 002b:00007ffc80b78890 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000001b2d864000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000000003fde8
RDX: 0000001b2d863fff RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 00007feb8cf82720
RBP: 00007feb8cf82720 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007feb8c453038
R10: 00007feb8cf82700 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
6 locks held by kworker/u4:3/155:
 #0: ffff888019598138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002007d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff88802c39e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#32){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super+0x1c/0xf0 fs/super.c:418
 #3: ffff88802c3a0c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x213/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691
 #4: ffff88802c3a2990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
 #5: ffff888074f13e48 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x8c4/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:668
2 locks held by getty/3950:
 #0: ffff88802c11c098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc900025e62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
1 lock held by syz-execprog/4229:
 #0: ffff8880b913a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x25/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:475
3 locks held by syz.0.36/4520:
 #0: ffff8880744a5c28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880744a5c28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
 #1: ffff88802c39e558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802c39e558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1910 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802c39e558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6194
 #2: ffff88802c3a2990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:729

Crashes (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/05 16:16 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 20:24 linux-5.15.y 9c7634c60784 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 16:47 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 16:47 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 21:09 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:38 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:36 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:36 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 00:53 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 22:49 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.