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possible deadlock in padata_do_serial

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/06/02 00:13
Reported-by: syzbot+e7e2691a01e9b749f1e5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d09h, last: 5h21m
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in padata_do_serial 4 C 100 3h13m 17d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/05/17 19:58
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in padata_do_serial 4 22 5h09m 2d07h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/06/02 01:27
upstream possible deadlock in padata_do_serial crypto 4 C 40877 177d 340d 29/29 fixed on 2026/01/07 12:29

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
kworker/u4:2/145 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffe8ffffd37ab8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd37ab8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_find_next kernel/padata.c:264 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd37ab8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:317 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd37ab8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_do_serial+0x585/0x9a0 kernel/padata.c:387

but task is already holding lock:
ffffe8ffffd37b08 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd37b08 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:308 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd37b08 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_do_serial+0x41c/0x9a0 kernel/padata.c:387

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&pd_list->lock);
  lock(&pd_list->lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

3 locks held by kworker/u4:2/145:
 #0: ffff8881445ac938 ((wq_completion)pencrypt_parallel){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000169fd00 ((work_completion)(&pw->pw_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffe8ffffd37b08 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
 #2: ffffe8ffffd37b08 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:308 [inline]
 #2: ffffe8ffffd37b08 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_do_serial+0x41c/0x9a0 kernel/padata.c:387

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 145 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Workqueue: pencrypt_parallel padata_parallel_worker
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 __lock_acquire+0x1236/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:-1
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:142 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock+0x2a/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
 padata_find_next kernel/padata.c:264 [inline]
 padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:317 [inline]
 padata_do_serial+0x585/0x9a0 kernel/padata.c:387
 padata_parallel_worker+0x5c/0x1a0 kernel/padata.c:160
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (22):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/02 08:55 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/04 04:04 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/04 04:03 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 15:10 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 03:58 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 03:58 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 03:57 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 03:56 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 16:11 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 15:12 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 14:28 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 14:19 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 14:19 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:27 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:27 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:25 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:24 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:13 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:12 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:12 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:12 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:12 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.