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| Kernel | Title | Rank 🛈 | Repro | Cause bisect | Fix bisect | Count | Last | Reported | Patched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-6.1 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | 4 | 2 | 219d | 240d | 0/3 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/04 19:00 | |||
| linux-6.1 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction (2) | 4 | 1 | 81d | 81d | 0/3 | upstream: reported on 2025/10/12 21:10 | |||
| upstream | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction btrfs | 4 | C | 2 | 1129d | 1134d | 0/29 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/03/29 11:54 | ||
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction origin:upstream | 4 | C | error | 62 | 61d | 712d | 0/3 | upstream: reported C repro on 2024/01/20 21:24 |
BTRFS info (device loop0): use zstd compression, level 3
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L
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syz.0.263/8377 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff0000d2490610 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_join_transaction+0x30/0x40 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:832
but task is already holding lock:
ffff0000c671d700 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:353 [inline]
ffff0000c671d700 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1dc/0x45c 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+0x60/0x344 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1560
mmap_read_lock_killable+0x28/0x8c include/linux/mmap_lock.h:400
get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/mmap_lock.c:399 [inline]
lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2a4/0x2d8 mm/mmap_lock.c:450
do_page_fault+0x50c/0x13cc arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:678
do_translation_fault+0xc4/0x114 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:793
do_mem_abort+0x70/0x194 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:933
el1_abort+0x40/0x64 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:303
el1h_64_sync_handler+0x50/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:437
el1h_64_sync+0x6c/0x70 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:591
__uaccess_mask_ptr arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h:169 [inline]
filldir64+0x314/0x6bc fs/readdir.c:381
dir_emit include/linux/fs.h:3527 [inline]
kernfs_fop_readdir+0x498/0x79c fs/kernfs/dir.c:1913
iterate_dir+0x2dc/0x478 fs/readdir.c:108
__do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:410 [inline]
__se_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:396 [inline]
__arm64_sys_getdents64+0x110/0x2fc fs/readdir.c:396
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
-> #4 (&root->kernfs_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}:
down_write+0x50/0xc0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1590
kernfs_add_one+0x48/0x574 fs/kernfs/dir.c:794
kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xd4/0x12c fs/kernfs/dir.c:1096
sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x114/0x24c fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
kobject_add_internal+0x5a8/0xb48 lib/kobject.c:240
kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
kobject_init_and_add+0x118/0x17c lib/kobject.c:457
btrfs_sysfs_add_qgroups+0x110/0x268 fs/btrfs/sysfs.c:2697
btrfs_quota_enable+0x20c/0x247c fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1002
btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x178/0x1bc fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3613
btrfs_ioctl+0x86c/0xc3c fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:5296
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0x14c/0x1c4 fs/ioctl.c:583
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
-> #3 (&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
__mutex_lock_common+0x1d0/0x2678 kernel/locking/mutex.c:614
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x2c/0x38 kernel/locking/mutex.c:828
btrfs_quota_enable+0x24c/0x247c fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1031
btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x178/0x1bc fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3613
btrfs_ioctl+0x86c/0xc3c fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:5296
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0x14c/0x1c4 fs/ioctl.c:583
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
-> #2 (btrfs_trans_num_extwriters){++++}-{0:0}:
join_transaction+0x190/0xb5c fs/btrfs/transaction.c:323
start_transaction+0x778/0x1530 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:707
btrfs_start_transaction+0x34/0x44 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:818
btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xac/0x6c0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1330
btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0xed8/0x1728 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3052
open_ctree+0x24cc/0x358c 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+0xd94/0x15dc fs/btrfs/super.c:2123
vfs_get_tree+0x90/0x28c fs/super.c:1751
fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline]
do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline]
do_new_mount+0x284/0x944 fs/namespace.c:3712
path_mount+0x5b4/0xdfc fs/namespace.c:4022
do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
__se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4201 [inline]
__arm64_sys_mount+0x3e8/0x468 fs/namespace.c:4201
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
-> #1 (btrfs_trans_num_writers){++++}-{0:0}:
join_transaction+0x164/0xb5c fs/btrfs/transaction.c:322
start_transaction+0x778/0x1530 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:707
btrfs_start_transaction+0x34/0x44 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:818
btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xac/0x6c0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1330
btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0xed8/0x1728 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3052
open_ctree+0x24cc/0x358c 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+0xd94/0x15dc fs/btrfs/super.c:2123
vfs_get_tree+0x90/0x28c fs/super.c:1751
fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline]
do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline]
do_new_mount+0x284/0x944 fs/namespace.c:3712
path_mount+0x5b4/0xdfc fs/namespace.c:4022
do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
__se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4201 [inline]
__arm64_sys_mount+0x3e8/0x468 fs/namespace.c:4201
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
-> #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+0x1774/0x30a4 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0x140/0x2e0 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+0x5bc/0x1530 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:701
btrfs_join_transaction+0x30/0x40 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:832
btrfs_dirty_inode+0x90/0x190 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6323
btrfs_update_time+0xa0/0xd0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6357
inode_update_time fs/inode.c:2167 [inline]
touch_atime+0x2e4/0x818 fs/inode.c:2240
file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2254 [inline]
btrfs_file_mmap_prepare+0x148/0x1c4 fs/btrfs/file.c:2052
vfs_mmap_prepare include/linux/fs.h:2058 [inline]
call_mmap_prepare mm/vma.c:2596 [inline]
__mmap_region mm/vma.c:2692 [inline]
mmap_region+0x910/0x1978 mm/vma.c:2786
do_mmap+0x968/0xfac mm/mmap.c:558
vm_mmap_pgoff+0x2d8/0x45c mm/util.c:581
ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x394/0x5b8 mm/mmap.c:604
__do_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:28 [inline]
__se_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21 [inline]
__arm64_sys_mmap+0xf8/0x110 arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
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.0.263/8377:
#0: ffff0000c671d700 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:353 [inline]
#0: ffff0000c671d700 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1dc/0x45c mm/util.c:579
#1: ffff0000d2490420 (sb_writers#15){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2254 [inline]
#1: ffff0000d2490420 (sb_writers#15){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_file_mmap_prepare+0x148/0x1c4 fs/btrfs/file.c:2052
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8377 Comm: syz.0.263 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/03/2025
Call trace:
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:499 (C)
__dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:94
dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x12c lib/dump_stack.c:120
dump_stack+0x1c/0x28 lib/dump_stack.c:129
print_circular_bug+0x324/0x32c kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
check_noncircular+0x154/0x174 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+0x1774/0x30a4 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0x140/0x2e0 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+0x5bc/0x1530 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:701
btrfs_join_transaction+0x30/0x40 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:832
btrfs_dirty_inode+0x90/0x190 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6323
btrfs_update_time+0xa0/0xd0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6357
inode_update_time fs/inode.c:2167 [inline]
touch_atime+0x2e4/0x818 fs/inode.c:2240
file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2254 [inline]
btrfs_file_mmap_prepare+0x148/0x1c4 fs/btrfs/file.c:2052
vfs_mmap_prepare include/linux/fs.h:2058 [inline]
call_mmap_prepare mm/vma.c:2596 [inline]
__mmap_region mm/vma.c:2692 [inline]
mmap_region+0x910/0x1978 mm/vma.c:2786
do_mmap+0x968/0xfac mm/mmap.c:558
vm_mmap_pgoff+0x2d8/0x45c mm/util.c:581
ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x394/0x5b8 mm/mmap.c:604
__do_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:28 [inline]
__se_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21 [inline]
__arm64_sys_mmap+0xf8/0x110 arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x254 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x5c/0x26c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/01/01 02:58 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 8f0b4cce4481 | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/12/10 05:00 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 05c93f3395ed | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/12/03 07:01 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 05c93f3395ed | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/12/01 11:02 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 05c93f3395ed | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/11/29 19:57 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 05c93f3395ed | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/10/11 15:52 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | bf45a62baffc | ff1712fe | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/09/02 04:55 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 8f5ae30d69d7 | 807a3b61 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/08/29 23:00 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 8f5ae30d69d7 | 3e1beec6 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/08/25 08:12 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 8f5ae30d69d7 | bf27483f | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/07/08 05:16 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 7482bb149b9f | 4f67c4ae | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction | ||
| 2025/06/22 09:54 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci | 9aa9b43d689e | d6cdfb8a | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-gce-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_join_transaction |