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possible deadlock in get_partial_node

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/04 05:18
Reported-by: syzbot+bce67b76e1f9f819fa30@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d17h, last: 2d17h
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in get_partial_node (2) 4 3 225d 322d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/04 20:47
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in get_partial_node 4 1 506d 506d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/26 19:17
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in get_partial_node (3) 4 1 17d 17d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/10/20 06:32
upstream possible deadlock in get_partial_node (3) serial 4 4 126d 123d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/01 07:10
upstream possible deadlock in get_partial_node bpf 4 19 386d 533d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/24 02:29
upstream possible deadlock in get_partial_node (2) bcachefs 4 C done done 4 240d 263d 28/29 fixed on 2025/06/10 16:19

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.3.602/7168 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88801784e6d8 (&n->list_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: get_partial_node+0x36/0x540 mm/slub.c:2301

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88801cb74238 (&trie->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: trie_update_elem+0xca/0xea0 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:335

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&trie->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
       __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa8/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
       trie_delete_elem+0x96/0x6a0 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:467
       0xffffffffa0000a16
       bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1224 [inline]
       __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:612 [inline]
       bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:619 [inline]
       __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2322 [inline]
       bpf_trace_run2+0x1d1/0x3c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2361
       __bpf_trace_contention_end+0xdd/0x130 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
       trace_contention_end+0xe6/0x110 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
       __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x7ec/0x9d0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:560
       pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:586 [inline]
       queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 [inline]
       queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:114 [inline]
       do_raw_spin_lock+0x24e/0x2c0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
       __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
       __unfreeze_partials+0x7f/0x210 mm/slub.c:2631
       put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:2743
       __slab_free+0x31d/0x410 mm/slub.c:3700
       qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:166 [inline]
       qlist_free_all+0x75/0xe0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:185
       kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x143/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:292
       __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:305
       kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
       slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6e/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:767
       slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
       slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
       __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
       kmem_cache_alloc+0x11e/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:3519
       kmem_cache_zalloc include/linux/slab.h:711 [inline]
       __proc_create+0x370/0x8d0 fs/proc/generic.c:447
       proc_create_reg+0x8b/0x110 fs/proc/generic.c:574
       proc_create_net_data+0x99/0x1b0 fs/proc/proc_net.c:120
       nfs_fs_proc_net_init+0xd2/0x190 fs/nfs/client.c:1417
       nfs_net_init+0x226/0x2b0 fs/nfs/inode.c:2456
       ops_init+0x397/0x640 net/core/net_namespace.c:139
       setup_net+0x3a5/0xa00 net/core/net_namespace.c:343
       copy_net_ns+0x36d/0x5e0 net/core/net_namespace.c:520
       create_new_namespaces+0x3d3/0x6f0 kernel/nsproxy.c:110
       copy_namespaces+0x430/0x4a0 kernel/nsproxy.c:179
       copy_process+0x1700/0x3d70 kernel/fork.c:2509
       kernel_clone+0x21b/0x840 kernel/fork.c:2914
       __do_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:3057 [inline]
       __se_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:3041 [inline]
       __x64_sys_clone+0x18c/0x1e0 kernel/fork.c:3041
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&n->list_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2ddb/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa8/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
       get_partial_node+0x36/0x540 mm/slub.c:2301
       get_partial mm/slub.c:2416 [inline]
       ___slab_alloc+0x9cd/0x1300 mm/slub.c:3230
       __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3339 [inline]
       __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3392 [inline]
       slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3485 [inline]
       __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1a2/0x260 mm/slub.c:3534
       __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
       __kmalloc_node+0xa4/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:1014
       kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:620 [inline]
       bpf_map_kmalloc_node+0xbc/0x1b0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:424
       lpm_trie_node_alloc kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:291 [inline]
       trie_update_elem+0x166/0xea0 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:338
       bpf_map_update_value+0x660/0x720 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:203
       map_update_elem+0x57b/0x700 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1567
       __sys_bpf+0x652/0x800 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5461
       __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5577 [inline]
       __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5575 [inline]
       __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5575
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&trie->lock);
                               lock(&n->list_lock);
                               lock(&trie->lock);
  lock(&n->list_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.3.602/7168:
 #0: ffffffff8cd2fee0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cd2fee0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cd2fee0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_map_update_value+0x41d/0x720 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:202
 #1: ffff88801cb74238 (&trie->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: trie_update_elem+0xca/0xea0 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:335

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 7168 Comm: syz.3.602 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2bd/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2ddb/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa8/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 get_partial_node+0x36/0x540 mm/slub.c:2301
 get_partial mm/slub.c:2416 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0x9cd/0x1300 mm/slub.c:3230
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3339 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3392 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3485 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1a2/0x260 mm/slub.c:3534
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node+0xa4/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:1014
 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:620 [inline]
 bpf_map_kmalloc_node+0xbc/0x1b0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:424
 lpm_trie_node_alloc kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:291 [inline]
 trie_update_elem+0x166/0xea0 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:338
 bpf_map_update_value+0x660/0x720 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:203
 map_update_elem+0x57b/0x700 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1567
 __sys_bpf+0x652/0x800 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5461
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5577 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5575 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5575
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd26b58f6c9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fd2697f6038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd26b7e5fa0 RCX: 00007fd26b58f6c9
RDX: 0000000000000020 RSI: 00002000000004c0 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: 00007fd26b611f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd26b7e6038 R14: 00007fd26b7e5fa0 R15: 00007ffc24d4ed48
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/04 05:17 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in get_partial_node
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.