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possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/01/20 15:21
Reported-by: syzbot+6edd366fa6c02b001539@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d14h, last: 3d11h
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked ext4 4 3 596d 615d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/14 08:21
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked 4 1 20h14m 20h13m 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/01/23 09:44
upstream possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked (3) ext4 4 25 13h34m 24d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2025/12/30 11:48
upstream possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked (2) ext4 4 1 380d 376d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/18 23:41
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked 4 19 2d15h 11d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/01/12 10:36

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.0.102/4874 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88801a7ee990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: wait_transaction_locked+0x19f/0x270 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:178

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888061fd90e8 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a6/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:374

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #5
 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a6/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:374
       ocfs2_group_extend+0x66b/0xa00 fs/ocfs2/resize.c:334
       ocfs2_ioctl+0x6b5/0x7a0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:873
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       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

-> #4 (sb_internal#3){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1928 [inline]
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x2a7/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:372
       ocfs2_acquire_dquot+0x688/0xb10 fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c:848
       dqget+0x778/0xeb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:988
       __dquot_initialize+0x3c3/0xcd0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1517
       ocfs2_get_init_inode+0x144/0x1b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:202
       ocfs2_mknod+0x8ab/0x2510 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:310
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x192/0x420 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4073
       do_mkdirat+0x1df/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:4098
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4113 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4111 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4111
       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

-> #3 (&ocfs2_quota_ip_alloc_sem_key){++++}-{3:3}
:
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       ocfs2_create_local_dquot+0x199/0x1850 fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c:1224
       ocfs2_acquire_dquot+0x7ed/0xb10 fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c:871
       dqget+0x778/0xeb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:988
       __dquot_initialize+0x3c3/0xcd0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1517
       ocfs2_get_init_inode+0x144/0x1b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:202
       ocfs2_mknod+0x8ab/0x2510 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:310
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x192/0x420 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4073
       do_mkdirat+0x1df/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:4098
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4113 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4111 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4111
       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

-> #2 (&dquot->dq_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       dquot_commit+0x5a/0x410 fs/quota/dquot.c:507
       ext4_write_dquot+0x1f0/0x360 fs/ext4/super.c:6210
       mark_dquot_dirty fs/quota/dquot.c:372 [inline]
       mark_all_dquot_dirty+0xf9/0x400 fs/quota/dquot.c:412
       __dquot_free_space+0x7ca/0xb90 fs/quota/dquot.c:1942
       dquot_free_space_nodirty include/linux/quotaops.h:376 [inline]
       dquot_free_space include/linux/quotaops.h:381 [inline]
       dquot_free_block include/linux/quotaops.h:392 [inline]
       ext4_mb_clear_bb fs/ext4/mballoc.c:6167 [inline]
       ext4_free_blocks+0x1b2b/0x24d0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:6297
       ext4_remove_blocks fs/ext4/extents.c:2525 [inline]
       ext4_ext_rm_leaf fs/ext4/extents.c:2691 [inline]
       ext4_ext_remove_space+0x1f86/0x42b0 fs/ext4/extents.c:2939
       ext4_ext_truncate+0x192/0x240 fs/ext4/extents.c:4473
       ext4_truncate+0xa09/0x10f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:4256
       ext4_setattr+0xffe/0x19e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5601
       notify_change+0xbcd/0xee0 fs/attr.c:505
       do_truncate+0x1ac/0x240 fs/open.c:65
       handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3273 [inline]
       do_open fs/namei.c:3620 [inline]
       path_openat+0x2922/0x2fa0 fs/namei.c:3750
       do_filp_open+0x1e2/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
       do_sys_openat2+0x150/0x4b0 fs/open.c:1255
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
       __do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1347 [inline]
       __se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1341 [inline]
       __x64_sys_creat+0x8c/0xb0 fs/open.c:1341
       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 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       ext4_truncate+0x97f/0x10f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:4251
       ext4_setattr+0xffe/0x19e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5601
       notify_change+0xbcd/0xee0 fs/attr.c:505
       do_truncate+0x1ac/0x240 fs/open.c:65
       do_sys_ftruncate+0x31b/0x3d0 fs/open.c:193
       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 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}:
       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+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       wait_transaction_locked+0x1bb/0x270 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:178
       add_transaction_credits+0x103/0xc80 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:242
       start_this_handle+0x74d/0x15c0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:423
       jbd2__journal_start+0x2b7/0x5a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:521
       jbd2_journal_start+0x26/0x30 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:560
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x3b2/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:376
       ocfs2_setattr+0xbc2/0x1ad0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:1266
       notify_change+0xbcd/0xee0 fs/attr.c:505
       do_truncate+0x1ac/0x240 fs/open.c:65
       vfs_truncate+0x262/0x2f0 fs/open.c:111
       do_sys_truncate+0xf2/0x1c0 fs/open.c:134
       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:
  jbd2_handle --> sb_internal#3 --> &journal->j_trans_barrier

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
                               lock(sb_internal#3);
                               lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
  lock(jbd2_handle);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

5 locks held by syz.0.102/4874:
 #0: ffff888073afa460 (sb_writers#17){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff88805e661808 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#26){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805e661808 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#26){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: do_truncate+0x198/0x240 fs/open.c:63
 #2: ffff88805e6614a0 (&oi->ip_alloc_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_setattr+0xbb3/0x1ad0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:1265
 #3: ffff888073afa650 (sb_internal#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ocfs2_setattr+0xbc2/0x1ad0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:1266
 #4: ffff888061fd90e8 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a6/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:374

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4874 Comm: syz.0.102 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 wait_transaction_locked+0x1bb/0x270 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:178
 add_transaction_credits+0x103/0xc80 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:242
 start_this_handle+0x74d/0x15c0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:423
 jbd2__journal_start+0x2b7/0x5a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:521
 jbd2_journal_start+0x26/0x30 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:560
 ocfs2_start_trans+0x3b2/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:376
 ocfs2_setattr+0xbc2/0x1ad0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:1266
 notify_change+0xbcd/0xee0 fs/attr.c:505
 do_truncate+0x1ac/0x240 fs/open.c:65
 vfs_truncate+0x262/0x2f0 fs/open.c:111
 do_sys_truncate+0xf2/0x1c0 fs/open.c:134
 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: 0033:0x7fedfb907cb9
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:00007fedf9b63028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000004c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fedfbb82fa0 RCX: 00007fedfb907cb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00002000000002c0
RBP: 00007fedfb975bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fedfbb83038 R14: 00007fedfbb82fa0 R15: 00007ffeb6ef4518
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/20 18:39 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked
2026/01/20 15:20 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in wait_transaction_locked
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.