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INFO: task hung in filename_unlinkat

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/25 09:12
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+1659aaaaa8d9d11265d7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d22h, last: 1d09h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [ext4?] INFO: task hung in filename_unlinkat 0 (1) 2026/02/25 09:12

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.17:5995 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.17        state:D stack:29024 pid:5995  tgid:5990  ppid:5927   task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14fb/0x52c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6907
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6989 [inline]
 rt_mutex_schedule+0x76/0xf0 kernel/sched/core.c:7285
 rt_mutex_slowlock_block kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1647 [inline]
 __rt_mutex_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1721 [inline]
 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked+0x1f8f/0x25c0 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1760
 rt_mutex_slowlock+0xbd/0x170 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1800
 __rt_mutex_lock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1815 [inline]
 rwbase_write_lock+0x14d/0x730 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244
 inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5575 [inline]
 __se_sys_unlink+0x2e/0x140 fs/namei.c:5572
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6cd2b5c629
RSP: 002b:00007f6cd2195028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6cd2dd6090 RCX: 00007f6cd2b5c629
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000180
RBP: 00007f6cd2bf2b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6cd2dd6128 R14: 00007f6cd2dd6090 R15: 00007ffd3df50108
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
4 locks held by pr/legacy/17:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/38:
 #0: ffffffff8ddcd780 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ddcd780 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:850 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ddcd780 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
4 locks held by kworker/u8:6/783:
3 locks held by kworker/u8:11/1173:
2 locks held by getty/5552:
 #0: ffff888036cdf0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc90003e832e0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x462/0x13c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
7 locks held by syz.0.17/5991:
2 locks held by syz.0.17/5995:
 #0: ffff888034904480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.1.18/6018:
2 locks held by syz.1.18/6022:
 #0: ffff8880294e6480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
6 locks held by syz.2.19/6044:
2 locks held by syz.2.19/6048:
 #0: ffff8880247b0480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
3 locks held by syz.3.20/6075:
2 locks held by syz.3.20/6080:
 #0: ffff888034d36480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.4.21/6113:
2 locks held by syz.4.21/6117:
 #0: ffff888035624480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.5.22/6147:
2 locks held by syz.5.22/6151:
 #0: ffff88804c26c480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.6.23/6185:
2 locks held by syz.6.23/6190:
 #0: ffff888025968480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
 #1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
3 locks held by udevd/6219:
5 locks held by syz.7.24/6221:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 38 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:161 [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:346 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd9/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:515
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 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: 783 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_dat_purge
RIP: 0010:__local_bh_enable_ip+0x1c2/0x2b0 kernel/softirq.c:307
Code: f7 89 df e8 60 01 00 00 41 f7 c4 00 02 00 00 74 05 e8 52 60 44 00 9c 58 a9 00 02 00 00 75 23 41 f7 c4 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 5b <41> 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 c0 d7 9d 09 cc 90 0f 0b 90 e9 66 fe
RSP: 0018:ffffc900046ffa58 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffffffffffffffe8 RCX: 0000000000000046
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffffffff8d55b178 RDI: ffffffff8ba64380
RBP: 1ffff11004a23cc4 R08: ffffffff8f6a23b7 R09: 1ffffffff1ed4476
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1ed4477 R12: 0000000000000286
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802511e624 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888126442000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2fb63fff CR3: 00000000354ae000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:116 [inline]
 __batadv_dat_purge+0x344/0x400 net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c:185
 batadv_dat_purge+0x20/0x70 net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c:204
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/21 09:06 upstream a95f71ad3e2e 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in filename_unlinkat
2026/02/24 17:51 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in filename_unlinkat
2026/02/21 05:19 upstream a95f71ad3e2e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in filename_unlinkat
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.