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INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/05/01 00:18
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+c7604c9fdd7580cca4e0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 12d, last: 1d03h
Discussions (2)
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[PATCH] PCI/proc: check __get_user() return value in proc_bus_pci_write() 1 (1) 2026/05/02 01:14
[syzbot] INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds. 0 (4) 2026/05/02 00:02
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/05/02 00:02 29m kartikey406@gmail.com patch upstream OK log
2026/05/01 23:47 29m kartikey406@gmail.com patch upstream OK log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task jbd2/sda1-8:4955 blocked in I/O wait 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:26088 pid:4955  tgid:4955  ppid:2      task_flags:0x240040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5387 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10e9/0x6820 kernel/sched/core.c:7188
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7267 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x390 kernel/sched/core.c:7282
 io_schedule+0x8a/0xf0 kernel/sched/core.c:8109
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xe0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:250
 __wait_on_bit+0x65/0x180 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:52
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0xdc/0x110 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:67
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:105 [inline]
 __wait_on_buffer+0x64/0x70 fs/buffer.c:123
 wait_on_buffer include/linux/buffer_head.h:420 [inline]
 jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x388a/0x6870 fs/jbd2/commit.c:837
 kjournald2+0x200/0x760 fs/jbd2/journal.c:201
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.189:6070 blocked in I/O wait for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.189       state:D stack:28240 pid:6070  tgid:6070  ppid:5783   task_flags:0x440040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5387 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10e9/0x6820 kernel/sched/core.c:7188
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7267 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x390 kernel/sched/core.c:7282
 io_schedule+0x8a/0xf0 kernel/sched/core.c:8109
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xe0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:250
 __wait_on_bit+0x65/0x180 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:52
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0xdc/0x110 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:67
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:105 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x84f/0x1220 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1113
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x1d6/0x280 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1263
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x6a/0x340 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x1b7/0x330 fs/ext4/inode.c:6375
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x18f/0x890 fs/ext4/inode.c:6550
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xd9/0x130 fs/ext4/inode.c:6587
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x1f3/0x1720 fs/fs-writeback.c:2623
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:2192 [inline]
 file_update_time_flags+0x46b/0x500 fs/inode.c:2422
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x324/0x1890 fs/ext4/inode.c:6753
 do_page_mkwrite+0x17a/0x440 mm/memory.c:3668
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:5969 [inline]
 do_fault+0x3b5/0x1750 mm/memory.c:6031
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:4550 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6411 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault+0x187d/0x2a00 mm/memory.c:6549
 handle_mm_fault+0x36d/0xa20 mm/memory.c:6718
 do_user_addr_fault+0x5a3/0x12f0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1334
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1474 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x6f/0xd0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1527
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
RIP: 0033:0x7f97a466a883
RSP: 002b:00007ffc3f813c60 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000003fde8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000001b2e124000 RSI: 0000000000040000 RDI: 00007f97a49db710
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffc3f813ef0
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by ksoftirqd/1/23:
 #0: ffff8880b853b3e0 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2c/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:652
1 lock held by khungtaskd/30:
 #0: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
6 locks held by kworker/u8:3/47:
 #0: ffff88801c6ca140 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x12d6/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3277
 #1: ffffc90000b77d08 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x973/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3278
 #2: ffff8880389060d8 (&type->s_umount_key#33){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared+0x1e/0xf0 fs/super.c:565
 #3: ffff888038904c18 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_writepages+0x278/0x600 mm/page-writeback.c:2575
 #4: ffff888038902938 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0xfaa/0x13a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:444
 #5: ffff88807928f290 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x45a/0xd30 fs/ext4/inode.c:823
2 locks held by getty/5383:
 #0: ffff88802dace0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000322b2e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14f0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
3 locks held by syz.0.189/6070:
 #0: ffff88807e006bc8 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: lock_vma_under_rcu+0x11d/0x590 mm/mmap_lock.c:310
 #1: ffff888038906508 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_page_mkwrite+0x17a/0x440 mm/memory.c:3668
 #2: ffff888038902938 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0xfaa/0x13a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:444
3 locks held by syz-executor/6077:
 #0: ffff888038906410 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: filename_create+0x10d/0x400 fs/namei.c:4943
 #1: ffff8880792b1f98 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1074 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880792b1f98 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2914 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880792b1f98 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2938 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880792b1f98 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_create+0x1c0/0x400 fs/namei.c:4950
 #2: ffff888038902938 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0xfaa/0x13a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:444

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d7/0x230 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:162 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1057 Comm: kworker/u8:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound toggle_allocation_gate
RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0xdd4/0x1700 kernel/smp.c:871
Code: 00 00 0f 84 1e 05 00 00 e8 c9 6a 0c 00 83 c5 01 bf 07 00 00 00 48 63 dd 48 89 de e8 96 65 0c 00 48 83 fb 07 0f 86 22 fb ff ff <44> 8b 64 24 58 44 8b 7c 24 5c e8 9d 6a 0c 00 8b 5c 24 4c bf 01 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d37870 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff81fb686f
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888029b83d80
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90003d37958
R13: ffff8880b843c6c0 R14: ffff8880b843c601 R15: ffff8880b853c710
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812447d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055a400fed660 CR3: 000000000e596000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x40/0x90 kernel/smp.c:1057
 on_each_cpu include/linux/smp.h:72 [inline]
 smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2773 [inline]
 smp_text_poke_batch_finish+0x976/0xc60 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:3045
 arch_jump_label_transform_apply+0x1c/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:146
 jump_label_update+0x37a/0x550 kernel/jump_label.c:910
 static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0x1bc/0x270 kernel/jump_label.c:210
 static_key_enable+0x1a/0x20 kernel/jump_label.c:223
 toggle_allocation_gate mm/kfence/core.c:906 [inline]
 toggle_allocation_gate+0xfe/0x2d0 mm/kfence/core.c:898
 process_one_work+0xa0e/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3302
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3385 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   2:	0f 84 1e 05 00 00    	je     0x526
   8:	e8 c9 6a 0c 00       	call   0xc6ad6
   d:	83 c5 01             	add    $0x1,%ebp
  10:	bf 07 00 00 00       	mov    $0x7,%edi
  15:	48 63 dd             	movslq %ebp,%rbx
  18:	48 89 de             	mov    %rbx,%rsi
  1b:	e8 96 65 0c 00       	call   0xc65b6
  20:	48 83 fb 07          	cmp    $0x7,%rbx
  24:	0f 86 22 fb ff ff    	jbe    0xfffffb4c
* 2a:	44 8b 64 24 58       	mov    0x58(%rsp),%r12d <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	44 8b 7c 24 5c       	mov    0x5c(%rsp),%r15d
  34:	e8 9d 6a 0c 00       	call   0xc6ad6
  39:	8b 5c 24 4c          	mov    0x4c(%rsp),%ebx
  3d:	bf                   	.byte 0xbf
  3e:	01 00                	add    %eax,(%rax)

Crashes (7):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/01 14:47 upstream 26fd6bff2c05 753c55b9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
2026/05/01 12:02 upstream 26fd6bff2c05 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
2026/04/24 12:00 upstream dd6c438c3e64 629ff21a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
2026/04/20 13:10 bpf-next 31f61ac33032 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
2026/05/01 00:18 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing 25bd55f46032 a7464baf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
2026/04/27 22:12 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing 25bd55f46032 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
2026/04/24 11:56 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing 2e6803928193 1c2b9291 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: task jbd2/sda1-NUM:NUM blocked in I/O wait for more than NUM seconds.
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.