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possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (4)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/02/18 18:30
Reported-by: syzbot+92513c0a92550288956d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d05h, last: 6d05h
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents 4 2 936d 1025d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/11 09:48
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (3) 4 20 106d 488d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/18 14:16
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents ext4 4 133 1037d 1207d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/22 15:17
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (2) 4 6 624d 803d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/18 11:30
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents 4 3 962d 1037d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/16 22:21
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (5) 4 5 18d 120d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/10/27 19:09
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (2) 4 2 764d 833d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/01 17:40
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (3) 4 5 508d 637d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/12 16:14
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents (4) 4 9 220d 388d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/27 18:06

Sample crash report:
ext4 filesystem being mounted at /141/bus supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff)
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.9.3449/16157 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888070895cd0 (&ei->i_data_sem/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ext4_move_extents+0x331/0xbb0 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:615

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805529a0a0 (&ei->i_data_sem/2){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_double_down_write_data_sem+0x28/0x40 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:-1

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&ei->i_data_sem/2){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ext4_map_blocks+0x323/0x1b70 fs/ext4/inode.c:604
       ext4_getblk+0x1cc/0x6f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:890
       ext4_bread+0x26/0x170 fs/ext4/inode.c:946
       ext4_quota_read+0x180/0x380 fs/ext4/super.c:7176
       read_blk fs/quota/quota_tree.c:61 [inline]
       find_tree_dqentry+0x1cd/0xf30 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:671
       find_tree_dqentry+0x6b0/0xf30 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:698
       find_tree_dqentry+0x6b0/0xf30 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:698
       find_tree_dqentry+0x6b0/0xf30 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:698
       find_dqentry fs/quota/quota_tree.c:716 [inline]
       qtree_read_dquot+0x57b/0x820 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:736
       v2_read_dquot+0xc0/0x110 fs/quota/quota_v2.c:336
       dquot_acquire+0x152/0x520 fs/quota/dquot.c:463
       ext4_acquire_dquot+0x2d9/0x4a0 fs/ext4/super.c:6831
       dqget+0x778/0xeb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:988
       __dquot_initialize+0x333/0xcd0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1517
       ext4_process_orphan+0x54/0x300 fs/ext4/orphan.c:327
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbeb/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline]
       ext4_fill_super+0x7829/0x7dc0 fs/ext4/super.c:5687
       get_tree_bdev+0x3f1/0x610 fs/super.c:1366
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1573
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3078
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3606
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #2 (&s->s_dquot.dqio_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       v2_read_dquot+0x4a/0x110 fs/quota/quota_v2.c:335
       dquot_acquire+0x152/0x520 fs/quota/dquot.c:463
       ext4_acquire_dquot+0x2d9/0x4a0 fs/ext4/super.c:6831
       dqget+0x778/0xeb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:988
       __dquot_initialize+0x3c3/0xcd0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1517
       ext4_process_orphan+0x54/0x300 fs/ext4/orphan.c:327
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbeb/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline]
       ext4_fill_super+0x7829/0x7dc0 fs/ext4/super.c:5687
       get_tree_bdev+0x3f1/0x610 fs/super.c:1366
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1573
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3078
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3606
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (&dquot->dq_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x12d/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       dquot_commit+0x5a/0x410 fs/quota/dquot.c:507
       ext4_write_dquot+0x1f0/0x360 fs/ext4/super.c:6811
       mark_dquot_dirty fs/quota/dquot.c:372 [inline]
       mark_all_dquot_dirty+0x1e3/0x400 fs/quota/dquot.c:412
       __dquot_alloc_space+0x5fc/0xe60 fs/quota/dquot.c:1752
       dquot_alloc_space_nodirty include/linux/quotaops.h:300 [inline]
       dquot_alloc_space include/linux/quotaops.h:313 [inline]
       dquot_alloc_block include/linux/quotaops.h:337 [inline]
       ext4_mb_new_blocks+0xf8d/0x4760 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5738
       ext4_new_meta_blocks+0x172/0x3d0 fs/ext4/balloc.c:739
       ext4_ext_grow_indepth fs/ext4/extents.c:1331 [inline]
       ext4_ext_create_new_leaf fs/ext4/extents.c:1437 [inline]
       ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x1052/0x4810 fs/ext4/extents.c:2105
       ext4_split_extent_at+0x7b3/0xf60 fs/ext4/extents.c:3236
       ext4_force_split_extent_at fs/ext4/extents.c:338 [inline]
       ext4_swap_extents+0x1172/0x1d60 fs/ext4/extents.c:5773
       move_extent_per_page+0x1fba/0x4880 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:367
       ext4_move_extents+0x8b5/0xbb0 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:678
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1358 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x37aa/0x4110 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1614
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ei->i_data_sem/1){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
       lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
       down_write_nested+0x39/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1689
       ext4_move_extents+0x331/0xbb0 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:615
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1358 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x37aa/0x4110 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1614
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ei->i_data_sem/1 --> &s->s_dquot.dqio_sem --> &ei->i_data_sem/2

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ei->i_data_sem/2);
                               lock(&s->s_dquot.dqio_sem);
                               lock(&ei->i_data_sem/2);
  lock(&ei->i_data_sem/1);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

4 locks held by syz.9.3449/16157:
 #0: ffff8880788a8460 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x5c/0x200 fs/namespace.c:446
 #1: ffff88805529a218 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805529a218 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_two_nondirectories+0xd5/0x150 fs/inode.c:1208
 #2: ffff888070895e48 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/4){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ext4_move_extents+0x316/0xbb0 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:608
 #3: ffff88805529a0a0 (&ei->i_data_sem/2){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_double_down_write_data_sem+0x28/0x40 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:-1

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 16157 Comm: syz.9.3449 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2170
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 down_write_nested+0x39/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1689
 ext4_move_extents+0x331/0xbb0 fs/ext4/move_extent.c:615
 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1358 [inline]
 ext4_ioctl+0x37aa/0x4110 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1614
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f592e79c629
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:00007f592c9f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f592ea15fa0 RCX: 00007f592e79c629
RDX: 0000200000000040 RSI: 00000000c028660f RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f592e832b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f592ea16038 R14: 00007f592ea15fa0 R15: 00007fff07409948
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/18 18:29 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_move_extents
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.