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inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel

Status: closed as dup on 2026/02/25 13:00
Subsystems: comedi
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Reported-by: syzbot+d9aa9a4d32dc3976468e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 52d, last: 1d07h
Duplicate of
Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported
inconsistent lock state in das16m1_interrupt comedi 4 33 9h30m 51d
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[syzbot] [comedi?] inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel 0 (2) 2026/02/25 13:00

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: inconsistent lock state
syzkaller #0 Tainted: G             L     
--------------------------------
inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
syz.9.5129/25994 [HC0[0]:SC0[2]:HE1:SE0] takes:
ffff88803257b868 (&dev->spinlock){?.-.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
ffff88803257b868 (&dev->spinlock){?.-.}-{3:3}, at: waveform_ao_cancel+0x96/0x150 drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c:628
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
  lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
  lock_acquire+0x1cf/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
  __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:158 [inline]
  _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
  spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:341 [inline]
  das16m1_interrupt+0x68/0x120 drivers/comedi/drivers/das16m1.c:460
  __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x232/0x8e0 kernel/irq/handle.c:209
  handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:246 [inline]
  handle_irq_event+0xab/0x1e0 kernel/irq/handle.c:263
  handle_edge_irq+0x375/0x970 kernel/irq/chip.c:855
  generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:186 [inline]
  handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:262 [inline]
  call_irq_handler arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:318 [inline]
  __common_interrupt+0xd8/0x2f0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:333
  common_interrupt+0x60/0xe0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:326
  asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:688
  variable_ffs arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:312 [inline]
  handle_softirqs+0x1af/0x9e0 kernel/softirq.c:610
  __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
  invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
  __irq_exit_rcu+0xef/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
  irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:739
  instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa3/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
  asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
  __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:178 [inline]
  _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x31/0x80 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
  spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:407 [inline]
  uart_port_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/serial_core.h:788 [inline]
  autoconfig drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1201 [inline]
  serial8250_config_port drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3097 [inline]
  serial8250_config_port+0x1897/0x4ec0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3080
  univ8250_config_port+0x25a/0x380 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c:72
  uart_do_autoconfig drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1173 [inline]
  uart_ioctl+0x14cc/0x2ef0 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1565
  tty_ioctl+0x26a/0x1690 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2792
  vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
  __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
  __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
irq event stamp: 3334
hardirqs last  enabled at (3333): [<ffffffff8b93d1e2>] __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:178 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (3333): [<ffffffff8b93d1e2>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x52/0x80 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
hardirqs last disabled at (3332): [<ffffffff8b93cef2>] __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:130 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (3332): [<ffffffff8b93cef2>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x52/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
softirqs last  enabled at (3290): [<ffffffff89a2f21f>] sock_orphan include/net/sock.h:2129 [inline]
softirqs last  enabled at (3290): [<ffffffff89a2f21f>] netlink_release+0xfdf/0x1ff0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:726
softirqs last disabled at (3334): [<ffffffff88f58fc6>] spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (3334): [<ffffffff88f58fc6>] waveform_ao_cancel+0x96/0x150 drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c:628

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&dev->spinlock);
  <Interrupt>
    lock(&dev->spinlock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.9.5129/25994:
 #0: ffff88803257b8f8 (&dev->mutex#4){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: comedi_close+0x7b/0x470 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3029

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 25994 Comm: syz.9.5129 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_usage_bug.part.0+0x257/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4042
 print_usage_bug kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4010 [inline]
 valid_state kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4056 [inline]
 mark_lock_irq kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4267 [inline]
 mark_lock+0x74a/0xa20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4753
 mark_usage kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4662 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x7f1/0x2630 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5191
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1cf/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:150 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
 spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
 waveform_ao_cancel+0x96/0x150 drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c:628
 do_cancel+0xf4/0x180 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:818
 comedi_close+0x2f6/0x470 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3036
 __fput+0x3ff/0xb40 fs/file_table.c:469
 task_work_run+0x150/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:233
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]
 do_exit+0x8b8/0x2b60 kernel/exit.c:976
 __do_sys_exit kernel/exit.c:1085 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit kernel/exit.c:1083 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit+0x42/0x50 kernel/exit.c:1083
 x64_sys_call+0x152e/0x1530 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:61
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc4bc39c819
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fc4bc39c7ef.
RSP: 002b:00007fc4bd2dcfd8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000003c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc4bc616090 RCX: 00007fc4bc39c819
RDX: 00007fc4bd2dd9c8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fc4bc432c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc4bc616128 R14: 00007fc4bc616090 R15: 00007ffc582a0f98
 </TASK>

Crashes (8):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/01 08:03 upstream dbf00d8d23b4 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/03/29 05:33 upstream be762d8b6dd7 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/04/05 15:42 linux-next cc13002a9f98 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/04/05 06:11 linux-next cc13002a9f98 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/02/20 12:20 linux-next 44982d352c33 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/02/19 12:04 linux-next 50f68cc7be0a 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/02/17 08:27 linux-next 350adaf7fde9 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
2026/02/13 00:47 linux-next af98e93c5c39 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce inconsistent lock state in waveform_ao_cancel
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.