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possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/06/02 17:34
Reported-by: syzbot+6a4be50a9704ff47ccb8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 50d, last: 4h30m
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode (2) ocfs2 prio:high 4 1 6d14h 2d14h 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/07/20 05:05
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode prio:high ocfs2 4 C error 2694 36d 702d 29/29 fixed on 2026/07/15 08:27
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode 4 17 2d06h 137d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/03/07 15:02
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode origin:lts-only 4 C 100 2d13h 387d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/30 07:52
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode 4 1 496d 496d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/21 00:58

Sample crash report:
ocfs2: Mounting device (7,0) on (node local, slot 0) with ordered data mode.
overlayfs: upper fs does not support tmpfile.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.21/4345 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805d9809c8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
ffff88805d9809c8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:655 [inline]
ffff88805d9809c8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:818 [inline]
ffff88805d9809c8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
ffff88805d9809c8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1453/0x4190 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1216

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:776 [inline]
ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0x2302/0x4190 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1216

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
       ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan+0x12b/0x7b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:2713
       ocfs2_dio_end_io_write fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2407 [inline]
       ocfs2_dio_end_io+0x1074/0x13f0 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2446
       dio_complete+0x255/0x700 fs/direct-io.c:272
       do_blockdev_direct_IO fs/direct-io.c:1336 [inline]
       __blockdev_direct_IO+0x2eb0/0x3b20 fs/direct-io.c:1368
       ocfs2_direct_IO+0x233/0x2a0 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2483
       generic_file_direct_write+0x222/0x470 mm/filemap.c:3687
       __generic_file_write_iter+0x2b2/0x4e0 mm/filemap.c:3869
       ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x171a/0x1ee0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2472
       do_iter_readv_writev+0x47d/0x5f0 fs/read_write.c:-1
       do_iter_write+0x1f8/0x7a0 fs/read_write.c:855
       vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:928 [inline]
       do_pwritev+0x241/0x3a0 fs/read_write.c:1025
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #1 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
       ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x16d/0x44b0 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:804
       ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks+0x412/0x9a0 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1000
       ocfs2_mknod+0xee2/0x2510 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:347
       ocfs2_create+0x192/0x420 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:674
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3470 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3540 [inline]
       path_openat+0x120a/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3747
       do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3777
       do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x500 fs/open.c:1255
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
       ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:655 [inline]
       ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:818 [inline]
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1453/0x4190 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1216
       evict+0x4b6/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:647
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24a/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:418
       __dentry_kill+0x412/0x630 fs/dcache.c:586
       dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
       dput+0xd8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:893
       ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:1313 [inline]
       ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:1411 [inline]
       ovl_get_workdir+0x8f0/0x12a0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1526
       ovl_fill_super+0x1cd4/0x42a0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:2082
       mount_nodev+0x52/0xe0 fs/super.c:1446
       legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
       do_new_mount+0x247/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2 --> &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5 --> &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]);
                               lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5);
                               lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

5 locks held by syz.0.21/4345:
 #0: ffff88805c7ee0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#63/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: alloc_super+0x200/0x970 fs/super.c:229
 #1: ffff8880613ae460 (sb_writers#17){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #2: ffff88805d986d88 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:822 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805d986d88 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:1275 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805d986d88 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:1411 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805d986d88 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ovl_get_workdir+0x649/0x12a0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1526
 #3: ffff8880229ccab0 (&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock){.+.+}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock+0x103/0x270 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:2874
 #4: ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 #4: ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:776 [inline]
 #4: ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
 #4: ffff888060af5f48 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0x2302/0x4190 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1216

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4345 Comm: syz.0.21 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/25/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:655 [inline]
 ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:818 [inline]
 ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
 ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1453/0x4190 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1216
 evict+0x4b6/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:647
 ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24a/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:418
 __dentry_kill+0x412/0x630 fs/dcache.c:586
 dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0xd8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:893
 ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:1313 [inline]
 ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:1411 [inline]
 ovl_get_workdir+0x8f0/0x12a0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1526
 ovl_fill_super+0x1cd4/0x42a0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:2082
 mount_nodev+0x52/0xe0 fs/super.c:1446
 legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
 do_new_mount+0x247/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f7d7b3b9e99
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:00007f7d79612028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7d7b641fa0 RCX: 00007f7d7b3b9e99
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f7d7b44feaf R08: 00002000000003c0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7d7b642038 R14: 00007f7d7b641fa0 R15: 00007ffebd27c008
 </TASK>
overlayfs: upper fs does not support RENAME_WHITEOUT.
overlayfs: upper fs missing required features.

Crashes (29):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/22 14:36 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/22 14:33 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/22 02:10 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/19 02:09 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/19 02:04 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/19 02:03 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/18 07:14 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/18 07:14 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/17 20:05 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 8aaff637 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/11 09:17 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/11 09:17 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/10 09:04 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/10 09:04 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/07 19:55 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 76cdc0c0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/06 23:46 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 88b240e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/06 23:43 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 88b240e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/07/06 23:43 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 88b240e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/29 16:28 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/29 16:27 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/26 03:56 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/18 19:18 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/18 16:14 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/17 09:49 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/17 00:24 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/17 00:23 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/14 18:13 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/04 23:42 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/04 23:07 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/06/02 17:33 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.