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KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/12/05 08:27
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+a5ba3c3cc12b79566903@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 55d, last: 4d09h

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes

write to 0xffffc9000212fcd0 of 8 bytes by task 22660 on cpu 0:
 wb_wait_for_completion_cb fs/fs-writeback.c:203 [inline]
 wb_wait_for_completion+0x90/0x360 fs/fs-writeback.c:226
 __writeback_inodes_sb_nr fs/fs-writeback.c:2813 [inline]
 writeback_inodes_sb_nr fs/fs-writeback.c:2830 [inline]
 writeback_inodes_sb+0x163/0x1b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2845
 sync_filesystem+0x69/0x190 fs/sync.c:54
 generic_shutdown_super+0x44/0x210 fs/super.c:622
 kill_block_super+0x2a/0x70 fs/super.c:1722
 deactivate_locked_super+0x75/0x1c0 fs/super.c:474
 deactivate_super+0x97/0xa0 fs/super.c:507
 cleanup_mnt+0x2bb/0x330 fs/namespace.c:1318
 __cleanup_mnt+0x19/0x20 fs/namespace.c:1325
 task_work_run+0x130/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:233
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:44 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1f7/0x6f0 kernel/entry/common.c:75
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:159 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:194 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x1d3/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffffc9000212fcd0 of 8 bytes by task 15427 on cpu 1:
 writeback_sb_inodes+0x512/0xb70 fs/fs-writeback.c:2033
 wb_writeback+0x24e/0x5b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2216
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2363 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0x194/0x960 fs/fs-writeback.c:2403
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4cd/0x9d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x581/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x488/0x510 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x148/0x280 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

value changed: 0x0000000000000000 -> 0x00000001000033ad

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 15427 Comm: kworker/u8:23 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:5)
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Crashes (13):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/25 06:07 upstream 5dbeeb268b63 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2026/01/23 19:01 upstream c072629f05d7 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2026/01/12 11:24 upstream 9c7ef209cd0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2026/01/03 07:46 upstream 9b0436804460 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2026/01/01 14:13 upstream b69053dd3ffb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/30 15:08 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/28 14:07 upstream d26143bb38e2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/20 22:12 upstream d8ba32c5a460 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/20 04:44 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/19 08:59 upstream 516471569089 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/11 02:30 upstream 0048fbb4011e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/08 14:06 upstream ba65a4e7120a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
2025/12/05 08:26 upstream 2061f18ad76e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wb_wait_for_completion / writeback_sb_inodes
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.