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possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (5)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/05 11:40
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+212e8f62790f8e0bc63b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 34d, last: 12h10m
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[syzbot] [ext4?] possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (5) 0 (1) 2025/11/05 11:40
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) ext4 4 18 995d 1171d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/14 13:24
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (4) 4 4 2d19h 13d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/22 18:47
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) 4 1 611d 611d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/12 10:45
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (4) ext4 4 3 151d 151d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/15 00:50
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 4 2 633d 638d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/20 13:51
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) ext4 4 5 465d 659d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/05 07:55
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) 4 4 2d19h 9d15h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/26 09:11
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode ext4 4 syz error error 38 2608d 2647d 15/29 fixed on 2020/05/22 17:31
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 2 878d 987d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/19 10:40
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 4 1 730d 730d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/15 02:58
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 6 2d06h 28d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/11/07 03:25
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 2 980d 983d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/30 00:10

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Tainted: G             L     
------------------------------------------------------
syz.3.1117/10247 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88802b8bc610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
ffff88802b8bc610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
ffff88802b8bc610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
ffff88802b8bc610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802ac26b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1832 [inline]
ffff88802ac26b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2f3/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53
       percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:77 [inline]
       ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1820 [inline]
       ext4_writepages+0x1ca/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:3025
       do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2598
       __writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1737
       writeback_single_inode+0x493/0xc70 fs/fs-writeback.c:1858
       write_inode_now+0x160/0x1d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2924
       iput_final fs/inode.c:1941 [inline]
       iput+0xa77/0x1030 fs/inode.c:2003
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x1fce/0x2ac0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2203
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2668 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2743 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12da/0x1ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2831
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x30d/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:6349
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6392 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45c/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470
       ext4_evict_inode+0x79c/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:253
       evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xc20/0x1460 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5658 [inline]
       ext4_fill_super+0x58a1/0x6160 fs/ext4/super.c:5777
       get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1699
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1759
       fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline]
       do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline]
       do_new_mount+0x302/0xa10 fs/namespace.c:3712
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x313/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4201
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53
       percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
       ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214
       evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
       ext4_ext_migrate+0xd23/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588
       ext4_ioctl_setflags fs/ext4/ioctl.c:705 [inline]
       ext4_fileattr_set+0xeaf/0x1630 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1024
       vfs_fileattr_set+0x932/0xb90 fs/file_attr.c:298
       ioctl_setflags+0x180/0x1e0 fs/file_attr.c:333
       do_vfs_ioctl+0x8ed/0x1430 fs/ioctl.c:560
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:595 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0x82/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(sb_internal);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
  rlock(sb_internal);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.3.1117/10247:
 #0: ffff88802b8bc420 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x60/0x200 fs/namespace.c:543
 #1: ffff88804f837760 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1027 [inline]
 #1: ffff88804f837760 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){++++}-{4:4}, at: vfs_fileattr_set+0x14e/0xb90 fs/file_attr.c:278
 #2: ffff88802ac26b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1832 [inline]
 #2: ffff88802ac26b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2f3/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10247 Comm: syz.3.1117 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53
 percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
 __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
 sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
 ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214
 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
 ext4_ext_migrate+0xd23/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588
 ext4_ioctl_setflags fs/ext4/ioctl.c:705 [inline]
 ext4_fileattr_set+0xeaf/0x1630 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1024
 vfs_fileattr_set+0x932/0xb90 fs/file_attr.c:298
 ioctl_setflags+0x180/0x1e0 fs/file_attr.c:333
 do_vfs_ioctl+0x8ed/0x1430 fs/ioctl.c:560
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:595 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x82/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc40d38f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fc40e25a038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc40d5e5fa0 RCX: 00007fc40d38f749
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 0000000040086602 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fc40d413f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc40d5e6038 R14: 00007fc40d5e5fa0 R15: 00007fffa4803718
 </TASK>

Crashes (39):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/05 12:02 upstream 2061f18ad76e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/01 04:43 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/01 04:42 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/30 21:06 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/30 03:38 upstream 6bda50f4333f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/30 00:44 upstream 19eef1d98eed d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/29 02:23 upstream 4331989728da d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/26 11:37 upstream 30f09200cc4a 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/22 19:20 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/21 15:57 upstream fd95357fd8c6 c31c1b0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/21 15:57 upstream fd95357fd8c6 c31c1b0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/20 13:06 upstream 23cb64fb7625 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/20 13:06 upstream 23cb64fb7625 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/17 00:25 upstream 7254a2b52279 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/16 23:03 upstream 7254a2b52279 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/15 16:17 upstream 7a0892d2836e f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/12 22:03 upstream 24172e0d7990 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/09 07:05 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/04 13:22 upstream 8bb886cb8f3a 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/01 11:37 upstream ba36dd5ee6fd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/04 05:15 linux-next b2c27842ba85 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/03 17:39 linux-next b2c27842ba85 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/02 18:37 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/02 14:26 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/12/01 11:57 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/30 22:54 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/30 19:37 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/30 07:47 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/28 04:17 linux-next ef68bf704646 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/28 02:41 linux-next ef68bf704646 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/24 18:12 linux-next 422f3140bbcb bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/23 08:19 linux-next d724c6f85e80 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/22 21:45 linux-next d724c6f85e80 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/22 17:00 linux-next d724c6f85e80 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/20 05:02 linux-next fe4d0dea039f 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/20 05:02 linux-next fe4d0dea039f 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/20 05:02 linux-next fe4d0dea039f 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/09 23:53 linux-next 9c0826a5d9aa 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/06 00:23 linux-next 84d39fb9d529 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.