possible deadlock in __ocfs2_reflink

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/02 00:06
Subsystems: ocfs2
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+7845c7b269ac2d175080@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d23h, last: 5d12h
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[syzbot] [ocfs2?] possible deadlock in __ocfs2_reflink 0 (1) 2026/08/02 00:06

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.0/5337 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888044266ba0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/2){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1069 [inline]
ffff888044266ba0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/2){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __ocfs2_reflink+0xace/0x16f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4174

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88804426a258 (&oi->ip_alloc_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reflink+0x4d2/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4272

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&oi->ip_alloc_sem){++++}-{4:4}:
       down_read+0x4a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
       ocfs2_inode_lock_for_extent_tree+0xd6/0x190 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2222
       ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write fs/ocfs2/file.c:2278 [inline]
       ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x6d5/0x1f10 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2463
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x612/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1631
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
       vfs_rename+0x6e3/0xef0 fs/namei.c:-1
       filename_renameat2+0x533/0x9a0 fs/namei.c:6192
       __do_sys_renameat2 fs/namei.c:6221 [inline]
       __se_sys_renameat2+0x5a/0x2c0 fs/namei.c:6216
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/2){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       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+0x1520/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       down_write_nested+0x9d/0x210 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1757
       inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1069 [inline]
       __ocfs2_reflink+0xace/0x16f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4174
       ocfs2_reflink+0x4eb/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4273
       ocfs2_vfs_reflink+0x338/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4399
       ocfs2_reflink_ioctl+0x3a0/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4439
       ocfs2_ioctl+0x5b5/0x7e0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:920
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 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->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/2 --> &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24 --> &oi->ip_alloc_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
                               lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24);
                               lock(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24/2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

5 locks held by syz.0.0/5337:
 #0: ffff888032e58450 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:494
 #1: ffff88804425a5a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1069 [inline]
 #1: ffff88804425a5a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2918 [inline]
 #1: ffff88804425a5a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2942 [inline]
 #1: ffff88804425a5a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_create+0x200/0x370 fs/namei.c:4955
 #2: ffff88804426a5a0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
 #2: ffff88804426a5a0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_vfs_reflink+0x2f8/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4396
 #3: ffff88804426a2e8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reflink+0x4c3/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4271
 #4: ffff88804426a258 (&oi->ip_alloc_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reflink+0x4d2/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4272

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5337 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
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+0x1520/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 down_write_nested+0x9d/0x210 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1757
 inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1069 [inline]
 __ocfs2_reflink+0xace/0x16f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4174
 ocfs2_reflink+0x4eb/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4273
 ocfs2_vfs_reflink+0x338/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4399
 ocfs2_reflink_ioctl+0x3a0/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4439
 ocfs2_ioctl+0x5b5/0x7e0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:920
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f690739de99
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:00007f69037b2fe8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6907626180 RCX: 00007f690739de99
RDX: 00002000000001c0 RSI: 0000000040186f04 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f6907433eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6907626218 R14: 00007f6907626180 R15: 00007ffc041371e8
 </TASK>

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/29 07:17 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in __ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/28 21:02 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 5fe7c56f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in __ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/28 21:02 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 5fe7c56f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in __ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/28 21:02 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 5fe7c56f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in __ocfs2_reflink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.