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KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (9)

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/06/13 20:17
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+c9f29e4bc33c9ee2f4f4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 91d, last: 44d
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (3) exfat 6 1 1388d 1388d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/12/29 19:13
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (8) exfat ext4 6 2 169d 182d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/22 16:37
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (6) ext4 6 1 356d 356d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/27 07:39
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (2) ext4 6 1 1438d 1438d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/11/09 15:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (5) ext4 6 1 895d 895d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/07 10:14
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (4) ext4 6 1 1208d 1208d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/28 09:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached (7) ext4 6 1 302d 302d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/10 12:23
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached ext4 6 1 1474d 1474d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/10/05 03:36

Sample crash report:
EXT4-fs (loop5): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 r/w without journal. Quota mode: writeback.
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached

write to 0xffff88811a4468b8 of 4 bytes by task 12994 on cpu 1:
 inode_cgwb_move_to_attached+0x9b/0x310 fs/fs-writeback.c:309
 writeback_single_inode+0x2af/0x3e0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1818
 sync_inode_metadata+0x5b/0x90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2883
 generic_buffers_fsync_noflush+0xd9/0x120 fs/buffer.c:619
 ext4_fsync_nojournal fs/ext4/fsync.c:88 [inline]
 ext4_sync_file+0x1ab/0x690 fs/ext4/fsync.c:147
 vfs_fsync_range+0x10a/0x130 fs/sync.c:187
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:3040 [inline]
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x34f/0x3c0 fs/ext4/file.c:305
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x383/0xf00 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 iter_file_splice_write+0x5f2/0x970 fs/splice.c:738
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x156/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1158
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x312/0x680 fs/splice.c:1102
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1201 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0xda/0x150 fs/splice.c:1227
 do_sendfile+0x380/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1370
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1417 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1417
 x64_sys_call+0x2bb0/0x2ff0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd2/0x200 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88811a4468b8 of 4 bytes by task 12986 on cpu 0:
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x18e/0x760 fs/fs-writeback.c:2549
 mark_buffer_dirty+0x133/0x210 fs/buffer.c:1209
 block_commit_write fs/buffer.c:2218 [inline]
 block_write_end+0x12d/0x210 fs/buffer.c:2294
 ext4_write_end+0x134/0x720 fs/ext4/inode.c:1425
 ext4_da_write_end+0x65/0x800 fs/ext4/inode.c:3203
 generic_perform_write+0x30f/0x490 mm/filemap.c:4162
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x1ee/0x3c0 fs/ext4/file.c:299
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x383/0xf00 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 iter_file_splice_write+0x5f2/0x970 fs/splice.c:738
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x156/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1158
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x312/0x680 fs/splice.c:1102
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1201 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0xda/0x150 fs/splice.c:1227
 do_sendfile+0x380/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1370
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1417 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1417
 x64_sys_call+0x2bb0/0x2ff0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd2/0x200 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x00000002 -> 0x00000800

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 12986 Comm: syz.5.14219 Tainted: G        W           6.16.0-syzkaller-06699-ge8d780dcd957 #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
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EXT4-fs error (device loop5): ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used:4113: comm syz.5.14219: Allocating blocks 1-17 which overlap fs metadata

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/31 05:45 upstream e8d780dcd957 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached
2025/06/13 20:16 upstream 02adc1490e6d 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __mark_inode_dirty / inode_cgwb_move_to_attached
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.