INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/11 16:44
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+9a89536a77a7521a4a2a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 444d, last: 23h24m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/12 linux-6.1.y (ToT) dfc486ec9cce syz [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/07/12 upstream (ToT) 379f604cc3dc syz Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction origin:upstream 1 syz, C 85 1d01h 59d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/07/31 15:32
upstream INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (2) ext4 1 1 2028d 2028d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/06/09 10:13
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (2) 1 138 12h24m 54d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 22:06
android-44 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction 1 syz, C 6 3013d 2726d 0/2 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/13 00:00
android-49 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction 1 5 2921d 3065d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/29 12:13
upstream INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (5) prio:low ext4 1 syz, C error error 3207 5h56m 867d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/15 03:54
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction 1 1 1216d 1216d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/09 09:50
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction 1 69 1d20h 55d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 05:38
upstream INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (4) ext4 1 7 1159d 1307d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/25 18:13
upstream INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (3) ext4 1 syz, C error error 24 1461d 1745d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/27 09:20
upstream INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction ext4 1 syz, C 52 2907d 2927d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/10/02 14:53
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction 1 2 359d 445d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/13 11:32
android-414 INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction 1 syz, C 31 2912d 2728d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/11 00:00
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/05 01:44 3h04m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task jbd2/sda1-8:3601 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:jbd2/sda1-8     state:D stack:25584 pid:3601  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 jbd2_journal_wait_updates+0x197/0x270 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:862
 jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x978/0x5f30 fs/jbd2/commit.c:488
 kjournald2+0x40b/0x800 fs/jbd2/journal.c:210
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/u4:5:4365 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:5    state:D stack:22112 pid:4365  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8799
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit_lock+0xbe/0x560 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:90
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x138/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:117
 lock_buffer include/linux/buffer_head.h:397 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x1bc/0xf20 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:991
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1250
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24b/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
 ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used+0x1bf/0x1500 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:3838
 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x1170/0x44d0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5796
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x18d1/0x6640 fs/ext4/extents.c:4361
 ext4_map_blocks+0x9d7/0x1a90 fs/ext4/inode.c:681
 mpage_map_one_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2436 [inline]
 mpage_map_and_submit_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2489 [inline]
 ext4_writepages+0x12aa/0x2e70 fs/ext4/inode.c:2857
 do_writepages+0x3c6/0x640 mm/page-writeback.c:2491
 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0x1170 fs/fs-writeback.c:1673
 writeback_sb_inodes+0xad5/0x17f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1964
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x12a/0x3f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2035
 wb_writeback+0x484/0xd40 fs/fs-writeback.c:2140
 wb_check_old_data_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2240 [inline]
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2293 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0xb68/0xee0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2321
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e170 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e990 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6529
2 locks held by getty/4030:
 #0: ffff88802f56d098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
6 locks held by kworker/u4:5/4365:
 #0: ffff888019a4f938 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003317d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffff88807dfdc0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#31){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super+0x1c/0xf0 fs/super.c:415
 #3: ffff88807dfdec18 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x213/0x2e70 fs/ext4/inode.c:2717
 #4: ffff88814db58990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x2014/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:463
 #5: ffff888073fbc8c0 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x914/0x1a90 fs/ext4/inode.c:674

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 28 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:741

Crashes (93):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/26 23:19 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 a3c7249d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2025/07/11 16:43 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/28 15:45 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/27 10:28 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/27 04:11 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/26 15:15 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/26 04:25 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/25 04:17 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/24 15:39 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 3c3cdf19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/23 12:02 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/22 21:19 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 5207b90e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/22 06:00 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/16 06:12 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/15 15:47 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/14 15:20 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/10 12:07 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/09 18:46 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/09 05:24 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/09 05:24 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/08 17:01 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 243b72f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/08 07:03 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/07 13:34 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/06 17:32 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/05 00:25 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/04 17:58 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 f65209a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/04 05:36 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/02 16:12 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/02 14:10 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/02 11:29 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/01 22:53 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/09/01 12:56 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/31 18:33 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 15:57 linux-6.1.y 79a9660d699e 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 15:57 linux-6.1.y 79a9660d699e 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 15:57 linux-6.1.y 79a9660d699e 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 11:55 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 11:52 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 09:40 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 09:32 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 09:26 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/27 09:26 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/15 05:18 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/15 05:18 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/15 04:56 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/14 14:25 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
2026/08/14 14:24 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.