| Date | Name | Commit | Repro | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/01/20 | linux-5.15.y (ToT) | 9eec9a14ee10 | C | [report] possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats |
| 2026/01/20 | upstream (ToT) | 24d479d26b25 | C | Didn't crash |
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| 2026/01/20 | linux-5.15.y (ToT) | 9eec9a14ee10 | C | [report] possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats |
| 2026/01/20 | upstream (ToT) | 24d479d26b25 | C | Didn't crash |
| Created | Duration | User | Patch | Repo | Result |
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| 2026/02/03 10:04 | 14m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | error | |
| 2026/02/03 10:04 | 11m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | error | |
| 2026/02/03 10:04 | 15m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | error | |
| 2026/02/03 10:04 | 17m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | error | |
| 2026/02/03 10:04 | 58m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | error | |
| 2025/12/25 18:13 | 17m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | report log | |
| 2025/12/25 18:13 | 17m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | report log | |
| 2025/12/25 18:13 | 16m | retest repro | linux-5.15.y | report log |
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz-executor/4309 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888147859ce0 (&fs_devs->device_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_run_dev_stats+0xe2/0xe70 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:7992
but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880760b8720 (&fs_info->tree_log_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_commit_transaction+0x1242/0x3570 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2369
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #6 (&fs_info->tree_log_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x1242/0x3570 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2369
sync_filesystem+0x1be/0x220 fs/sync.c:66
generic_shutdown_super+0x6b/0x300 fs/super.c:448
kill_anon_super+0x36/0x70 fs/super.c:1089
btrfs_kill_super+0x3d/0x50 fs/btrfs/super.c:2390
deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:335
cleanup_mnt+0x42d/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1148
task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10f/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #5 (&fs_info->reloc_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
btrfs_record_root_in_trans+0x14b/0x180 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:513
start_transaction+0x3b0/0x1130 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:750
btrfs_create+0x111/0x5d0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6915
lookup_open fs/namei.c:3470 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3540 [inline]
path_openat+0x11db/0x2fa0 fs/namei.c:3747
do_filp_open+0x1e2/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
do_sys_openat2+0x150/0x4b0 fs/open.c:1255
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
__do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1347 [inline]
__se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1341 [inline]
__x64_sys_creat+0x8c/0xb0 fs/open.c:1341
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #4 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
__sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1928 [inline]
start_transaction+0x5bc/0x1130 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:680
btrfs_dirty_inode+0xc5/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6451
inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1893 [inline]
file_update_time+0x3a6/0x440 fs/inode.c:2083
btrfs_page_mkwrite+0x37d/0xc80 fs/btrfs/inode.c:8953
do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922
wp_page_shared+0x16b/0x6d0 mm/memory.c:3259
handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4668 [inline]
__handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
handle_mm_fault+0x1f06/0x4410 mm/memory.c:4883
do_user_addr_fault+0x489/0xc80 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1357
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1445 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1501
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
__put_user_nocheck_8+0x3/0x21
__do_sys_io_setup fs/aio.c:1347 [inline]
__se_sys_io_setup+0xd6/0x190 fs/aio.c:1327
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #3 (sb_pagefaults#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
__sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1910 [inline]
btrfs_page_mkwrite+0x1b7/0xc80 fs/btrfs/inode.c:8937
do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922
wp_page_shared+0x16b/0x6d0 mm/memory.c:3259
handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4668 [inline]
__handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
handle_mm_fault+0x1f06/0x4410 mm/memory.c:4883
do_user_addr_fault+0x489/0xc80 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1357
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1445 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1501
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
__put_user_nocheck_8+0x3/0x21
__do_sys_io_setup fs/aio.c:1347 [inline]
__se_sys_io_setup+0xd6/0x190 fs/aio.c:1327
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #2 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}:
down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
mmap_read_lock+0x1c/0x50 include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117
do_user_addr_fault+0xc35/0xc80 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1308
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1445 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1501
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
user_access_begin arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:576 [inline]
filldir64+0x30a/0x6f0 fs/readdir.c:331
dir_emit_dot include/linux/fs.h:3718 [inline]
dir_emit_dots include/linux/fs.h:3729 [inline]
dcache_readdir+0x173/0x7c0 fs/libfs.c:196
iterate_dir+0x218/0x560 fs/readdir.c:-1
__do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:369 [inline]
__se_sys_getdents64+0xf2/0x270 fs/readdir.c:354
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #1 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){++++}-{3:3}:
down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:797 [inline]
lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1687
walk_component+0x319/0x460 fs/namei.c:1984
lookup_last fs/namei.c:2439 [inline]
path_lookupat+0x169/0x440 fs/namei.c:2463
filename_lookup+0x214/0x540 fs/namei.c:2492
kern_path+0x37/0x190 fs/namei.c:2590
lookup_bdev+0xc5/0x280 block/bdev.c:982
device_matched fs/btrfs/volumes.c:568 [inline]
btrfs_free_stale_devices+0x6ec/0xa90 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:608
btrfs_forget_devices+0x52/0x80 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:1431
btrfs_control_ioctl+0x10a/0x220 fs/btrfs/super.c:2450
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #0 (&fs_devs->device_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
__mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
btrfs_run_dev_stats+0xe2/0xe70 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:7992
commit_cowonly_roots+0x185/0x9c0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:1292
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x130d/0x3570 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2394
sync_filesystem+0x1be/0x220 fs/sync.c:66
generic_shutdown_super+0x6b/0x300 fs/super.c:448
kill_anon_super+0x36/0x70 fs/super.c:1089
btrfs_kill_super+0x3d/0x50 fs/btrfs/super.c:2390
deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:335
cleanup_mnt+0x42d/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1148
task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10f/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
&fs_devs->device_list_mutex --> &fs_info->reloc_mutex --> &fs_info->tree_log_mutex
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&fs_info->tree_log_mutex);
lock(&fs_info->reloc_mutex);
lock(&fs_info->tree_log_mutex);
lock(&fs_devs->device_list_mutex);
*** DEADLOCK ***
3 locks held by syz-executor/4309:
#0: ffff88807e4100e0 (&type->s_umount_key#54){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:365
#1: ffff8880760b8c90 (&fs_info->reloc_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_commit_transaction+0x1191/0x3570 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2319
#2: ffff8880760b8720 (&fs_info->tree_log_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_commit_transaction+0x1242/0x3570 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2369
stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4309 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
__mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
btrfs_run_dev_stats+0xe2/0xe70 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:7992
commit_cowonly_roots+0x185/0x9c0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:1292
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x130d/0x3570 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2394
sync_filesystem+0x1be/0x220 fs/sync.c:66
generic_shutdown_super+0x6b/0x300 fs/super.c:448
kill_anon_super+0x36/0x70 fs/super.c:1089
btrfs_kill_super+0x3d/0x50 fs/btrfs/super.c:2390
deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:335
cleanup_mnt+0x42d/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1148
task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10f/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fb7ce664117
Code: a2 c7 05 7c 94 24 00 00 00 00 00 eb 96 e8 e1 12 00 00 90 31 f6 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 01 c3 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8
RSP: 002b:00007ffc1f0234d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fb7ce6cc71f RCX: 00007fb7ce664117
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007ffc1f023590
RBP: 00007ffc1f023590 R08: 00007ffc1f024590 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffc1f024620
R13: 00007fb7ce6cc71f R14: 0000000000012d4a R15: 00007ffc1f024660
</TASK>
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/02/04 10:19 | linux-5.15.y | 9eec9a14ee10 | 42b01fab | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2026/01/09 03:37 | linux-5.15.y | 68efe5a6c16a | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1 (clean fs)] [mounted in repro #2] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2025/05/11 17:31 | linux-5.15.y | 3b8db0e4f263 | 77908e5f | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/09/21 06:32 | linux-5.15.y | 3a5928702e71 | 6f888b75 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/08/24 07:07 | linux-5.15.y | fa93fa65db6e | d7d32352 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/07/25 07:38 | linux-5.15.y | 7c6d66f0266f | d1a1b0ca | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/07/25 05:32 | linux-5.15.y | 7c6d66f0266f | d1a1b0ca | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/07/25 03:31 | linux-5.15.y | 7c6d66f0266f | d1a1b0ca | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/07/25 01:30 | linux-5.15.y | 7c6d66f0266f | d1a1b0ca | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/07/20 06:04 | linux-5.15.y | 7c6d66f0266f | 890ce4f3 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/05/02 03:54 | linux-5.15.y | b925f60c6ee7 | 3ba885bc | .config | console log | report | syz | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2024/05/02 03:16 | linux-5.15.y | b925f60c6ee7 | 3ba885bc | .config | console log | report | syz | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | |
| 2026/01/09 02:10 | linux-5.15.y | 68efe5a6c16a | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | ||
| 2024/06/23 19:49 | linux-5.15.y | 4878aadf2d15 | edc5149a | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | ||
| 2025/03/16 19:15 | linux-5.15.y | 0c935c049b5c | e2826670 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | ||
| 2024/05/02 02:22 | linux-5.15.y | b925f60c6ee7 | 3ba885bc | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats | ||
| 2024/05/02 02:20 | linux-5.15.y | b925f60c6ee7 | 3ba885bc | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 | possible deadlock in btrfs_run_dev_stats |