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possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/12/16 02:12
Subsystems: btrfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+415a049af48761105c01@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 432d, last: 4d13h
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[syzbot] [btrfs?] possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode (2) 0 (1) 2024/12/16 02:12
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode (2) 4 2 613d 675d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/22 15:54
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode (3) origin:lts-only 4 C inconclusive 5 41d 435d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/12/09 11:33
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode 4 3 972d 992d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/28 23:24
upstream possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode btrfs 4 C error done 48 1179d 1191d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/16 05:18

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.4.184/7106 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880621cc770 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_dirty_inode+0x9f/0x190 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6409

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88813fe65cf0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:353 [inline]
ffff88813fe65cf0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x237/0x4f0 mm/util.c:579

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #5 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}:
       down_read_killable+0xa4/0x220 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1560
       mmap_read_lock_killable+0x1d/0x70 include/linux/mmap_lock.h:400
       get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/mmap_lock.c:399 [inline]
       lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2d7/0x340 mm/mmap_lock.c:450
       do_user_addr_fault+0x330/0x1360 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1357
       handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1474 [inline]
       exc_page_fault+0x6a/0xc0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1527
       asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
       filldir+0x2b5/0x690 fs/readdir.c:295
       dir_emit include/linux/fs.h:3557 [inline]
       kernfs_fop_readdir+0x57e/0x8d0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1915
       iterate_dir+0x3a5/0x580 fs/readdir.c:108
       __do_sys_getdents fs/readdir.c:327 [inline]
       __se_sys_getdents+0xf1/0x270 fs/readdir.c:312
       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

-> #4 (&root->kernfs_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x3a/0x50 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1590
       kernfs_add_one+0x41/0x5c0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:796
       kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xde/0x130 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1098
       sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x12f/0x2a0 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
       create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
       kobject_add_internal+0x631/0xd10 lib/kobject.c:240
       kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
       kobject_init_and_add+0x12b/0x1a0 lib/kobject.c:457
       btrfs_sysfs_add_qgroups+0x116/0x2e0 fs/btrfs/sysfs.c:2604
       btrfs_quota_enable+0x281/0x2970 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1034
       btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x186/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3534
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xff/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
       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

-> #3 (&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:533 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:552
       btrfs_quota_enable+0x2c3/0x2970 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1063
       btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x186/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3534
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xff/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
       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

-> #2 (btrfs_trans_num_extwriters){++++}-{0:0}:
       join_transaction+0x1a4/0xc90 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:323
       start_transaction+0x6b9/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:708
       btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xbb/0x6e0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1328
       btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0x1529/0x1f20 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3061
       open_ctree+0x2e04/0x4220 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3653
       btrfs_fill_super fs/btrfs/super.c:981 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_super fs/btrfs/super.c:1944 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_subvol fs/btrfs/super.c:2087 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree+0x1061/0x1930 fs/btrfs/super.c:2121
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1754
       fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
       do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3760 [inline]
       do_new_mount+0x341/0xd30 fs/namespace.c:3836
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4159 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4348 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x31d/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4325
       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

-> #1 (btrfs_trans_num_writers){++++}-{0:0}:
       join_transaction+0x182/0xc90 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:322
       start_transaction+0x6b9/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:708
       btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xbb/0x6e0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1328
       btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0x1529/0x1f20 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3061
       open_ctree+0x2e04/0x4220 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3653
       btrfs_fill_super fs/btrfs/super.c:981 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_super fs/btrfs/super.c:1944 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_subvol fs/btrfs/super.c:2087 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree+0x1061/0x1930 fs/btrfs/super.c:2121
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1754
       fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
       do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3760 [inline]
       do_new_mount+0x341/0xd30 fs/namespace.c:3836
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4159 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4348 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x31d/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4325
       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

-> #0 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{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+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
       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]
       start_transaction+0x56e/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:702
       btrfs_dirty_inode+0x9f/0x190 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6409
       touch_atime+0x2f8/0x6b0 fs/inode.c:2262
       file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2263 [inline]
       btrfs_file_mmap_prepare+0x189/0x200 fs/btrfs/file.c:2051
       vfs_mmap_prepare include/linux/fs.h:2075 [inline]
       call_mmap_prepare mm/vma.c:2637 [inline]
       __mmap_region mm/vma.c:2736 [inline]
       mmap_region+0xc7c/0x1f50 mm/vma.c:2830
       do_mmap+0xc2f/0x10c0 mm/mmap.c:558
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x2cc/0x4f0 mm/util.c:581
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x4e8/0x720 mm/mmap.c:604
       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

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  sb_internal#2 --> &root->kernfs_rwsem --> &mm->mmap_lock

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
                               lock(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
                               lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
  rlock(sb_internal#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.4.184/7106:
 #0: ffff88813fe65cf0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:353 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fe65cf0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x237/0x4f0 mm/util.c:579
 #1: ffff8880621cc480 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2263 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880621cc480 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_file_mmap_prepare+0x189/0x200 fs/btrfs/file.c:2051

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7106 Comm: syz.4.184 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e1/0x300 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+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
 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]
 start_transaction+0x56e/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:702
 btrfs_dirty_inode+0x9f/0x190 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6409
 touch_atime+0x2f8/0x6b0 fs/inode.c:2262
 file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2263 [inline]
 btrfs_file_mmap_prepare+0x189/0x200 fs/btrfs/file.c:2051
 vfs_mmap_prepare include/linux/fs.h:2075 [inline]
 call_mmap_prepare mm/vma.c:2637 [inline]
 __mmap_region mm/vma.c:2736 [inline]
 mmap_region+0xc7c/0x1f50 mm/vma.c:2830
 do_mmap+0xc2f/0x10c0 mm/mmap.c:558
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x2cc/0x4f0 mm/util.c:581
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x4e8/0x720 mm/mmap.c:604
 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: 0033:0x7fd1e9cfbf79
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 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
RSP: 002b:00007fd1e7f4e028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000009
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd1e9f75fa0 RCX: 00007fd1e9cfbf79
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000003000 RDI: 0000200000001000
RBP: 00007fd1e9d927e0 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000011 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd1e9f76038 R14: 00007fd1e9f75fa0 R15: 00007ffd76a6a948
 </TASK>

Crashes (43):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/13 08:55 upstream c22e26bd0906 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2026/02/01 11:38 upstream 162b42445b58 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2026/01/17 02:40 upstream b62ce2547fe8 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2026/01/15 02:56 upstream 944aacb68baf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2026/01/12 06:10 upstream 9c7ef209cd0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2026/01/09 11:21 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2026/01/07 00:19 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/12/31 00:51 upstream dbf8fe85a16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/12/27 16:32 upstream c53f467229a7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/12/19 06:44 upstream 516471569089 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/12/09 08:47 upstream cfd4039213e7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/11/22 11:45 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/11/20 11:17 upstream 23cb64fb7625 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/11/05 11:15 upstream 284922f4c563 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/10/27 04:11 upstream dbfc6422a34d c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/10/14 19:52 upstream 9b332cece987 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/10/14 07:52 upstream 3a8660878839 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/10/14 07:51 upstream 3a8660878839 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/10/12 07:22 upstream 98906f9d850e ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/10/09 08:12 upstream cd5a0afbdf80 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/09/28 03:23 upstream 51a24b7deaae 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/09/25 18:17 upstream bf40f4b87761 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/09/18 07:56 upstream d4b779985a6c e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/09/11 15:02 upstream 7aac71907bde fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/09/11 15:02 upstream 7aac71907bde fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/09/03 02:38 upstream e6b9dce0aeeb 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/08/08 17:46 upstream bec077162bd0 987b750d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/07/23 11:16 upstream 89be9a83ccf1 e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/07/13 16:25 upstream 3f31a806a62e 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/07/13 14:48 upstream 3f31a806a62e 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/07/09 12:40 upstream 733923397fd9 f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/07/06 22:56 upstream 1f988d0788f5 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/07/01 00:00 upstream d0b3b7b22dfa 6e83b42d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/06/30 01:28 upstream afa9a6f4f574 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/06/25 18:34 upstream 7595b66ae9de 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/06/12 16:50 upstream 2c4a1f3fe03e 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/05/25 06:51 upstream b1427432d3b6 ed351ea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/05/15 17:49 upstream 088d13246a46 cfde8269 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/05/06 10:47 upstream 01f95500a162 ae98e6b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/04/10 05:55 upstream 3b07108ada81 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2025/01/09 05:00 upstream 0b7958fa05d5 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2024/12/26 22:14 upstream d6ef8b40d075 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
2024/12/12 02:06 upstream 231825b2e1ff ff949d25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in btrfs_dirty_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.