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possible deadlock in btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/12/16 08:38
Subsystems: btrfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+854bcfe4b16484489a66@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 10d, last: 10d
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[syzbot] [btrfs?] possible deadlock in btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode (2) 0 (1) 2025/12/16 08:38
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode btrfs 4 8 549d 564d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/14 03:44

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kswapd0/78 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888042458610 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode+0x117/0x2b0 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1279

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8e251780 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6973 [inline]
ffffffff8e251780 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x92a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7352

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #4 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4301 [inline]
       fs_reclaim_acquire+0x72/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4315
       might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:317 [inline]
       slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4904 [inline]
       slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5239 [inline]
       __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x40/0x700 mm/slub.c:5771
       kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
       kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
       btrfs_sysfs_add_qgroups+0xcd/0x2b0 fs/btrfs/sysfs.c:2693
       btrfs_quota_enable+0x25b/0x2900 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1002
       btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x183/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3613
       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+0xfa/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/mutex.c:614 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x187/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776
       btrfs_quota_enable+0x29d/0x2900 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1031
       btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x183/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3613
       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+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #2 (btrfs_trans_num_extwriters){++++}-{0:0}:
       join_transaction+0x1a4/0xd60 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:323
       start_transaction+0x6b7/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:707
       btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xad/0x6c0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1330
       btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0x128f/0x1bf0 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3052
       open_ctree+0x2b11/0x3d20 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3603
       btrfs_fill_super fs/btrfs/super.c:983 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_super fs/btrfs/super.c:1946 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_subvol fs/btrfs/super.c:2089 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree+0x1061/0x1920 fs/btrfs/super.c:2123
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1751
       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

-> #1 (btrfs_trans_num_writers){++++}-{0:0}:
       join_transaction+0x182/0xd60 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:322
       start_transaction+0x6b7/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:707
       btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xad/0x6c0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1330
       btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0x128f/0x1bf0 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3052
       open_ctree+0x2b11/0x3d20 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3603
       btrfs_fill_super fs/btrfs/super.c:983 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_super fs/btrfs/super.c:1946 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree_subvol fs/btrfs/super.c:2089 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree+0x1061/0x1920 fs/btrfs/super.c:2123
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1751
       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#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+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 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+0x56f/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:701
       btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode+0x117/0x2b0 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1279
       btrfs_evict_inode+0x94c/0x1050 fs/btrfs/inode.c:5564
       evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
       __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
       finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:879
       ovl_stack_put+0x6a/0xa0 fs/overlayfs/util.c:133
       ovl_destroy_inode+0xaa/0x150 fs/overlayfs/super.c:218
       destroy_inode fs/inode.c:396 [inline]
       evict+0x8aa/0xae0 fs/inode.c:861
       __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
       shrink_kill+0xa9/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:1137
       shrink_dentry_list+0x2e0/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:1164
       prune_dcache_sb+0x10e/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1246
       super_cache_scan+0x369/0x4b0 fs/super.c:222
       do_shrink_slab+0x6df/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:437
       shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
       shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
       shrink_one+0x2d9/0x720 mm/vmscan.c:4919
       shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4980 [inline]
       lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5058 [inline]
       shrink_node+0x2f7d/0x35b0 mm/vmscan.c:6045
       kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6899 [inline]
       balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7082 [inline]
       kswapd+0x145a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7352
       kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
       ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  sb_internal#2 --> &fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock --> fs_reclaim

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(fs_reclaim);
                               lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
                               lock(fs_reclaim);
  rlock(sb_internal#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by kswapd0/78:
 #0: ffffffff8e251780 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6973 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e251780 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x92a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7352
 #1: ffff88801236e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:563 [inline]
 #1: ffff88801236e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x91/0x4b0 fs/super.c:197

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 78 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
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 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+0x56f/0x15f0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:701
 btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode+0x117/0x2b0 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1279
 btrfs_evict_inode+0x94c/0x1050 fs/btrfs/inode.c:5564
 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
 __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:879
 ovl_stack_put+0x6a/0xa0 fs/overlayfs/util.c:133
 ovl_destroy_inode+0xaa/0x150 fs/overlayfs/super.c:218
 destroy_inode fs/inode.c:396 [inline]
 evict+0x8aa/0xae0 fs/inode.c:861
 __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
 shrink_kill+0xa9/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:1137
 shrink_dentry_list+0x2e0/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:1164
 prune_dcache_sb+0x10e/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1246
 super_cache_scan+0x369/0x4b0 fs/super.c:222
 do_shrink_slab+0x6df/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:437
 shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
 shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
 shrink_one+0x2d9/0x720 mm/vmscan.c:4919
 shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4980 [inline]
 lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5058 [inline]
 shrink_node+0x2f7d/0x35b0 mm/vmscan.c:6045
 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6899 [inline]
 balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7082 [inline]
 kswapd+0x145a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7352
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/12 08:28 upstream d358e5254674 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.