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possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2)

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/14 13:24
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+b6ad7e348919e233ee7f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 545d, last: 368d
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[syzbot] possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 0 (1) 2022/09/21 09:25
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 2 6d18h 11d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/03/07 16:36
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) ext4 1 36d 32d 0/26 upstream: reported on 2024/02/15 21:18
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode ext4 syz error error 38 1982d 2020d 15/26 fixed on 2020/05/22 17:31
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 2 251d 361d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/19 10:40
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 1 104d 104d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/15 02:58
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 2 353d 357d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/30 00:10

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.2.0-rc6-syzkaller-00163-g66a87fff1a87 #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz-executor.3/1006 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88814b6c4650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x53d/0x1230

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88814b6c6b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2e2/0x1310

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       lock_acquire+0x20b/0x600
       percpu_down_write+0x54/0x2f0
       ext4_ind_migrate+0x258/0x760
       ext4_fileattr_set+0xe94/0x1770
       vfs_fileattr_set+0x8f2/0xd30
       do_vfs_ioctl+0x1dbe/0x2a40
       __se_sys_ioctl+0x81/0x160
       do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

-> #2 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{3:3}:
       lock_acquire+0x20b/0x600
       down_read+0x3d/0x50
       ext4_bmap+0x4f/0x410
       bmap+0xa5/0xe0
       jbd2_journal_flush+0x5b6/0xc40
       ext4_ioctl+0x39b9/0x6130
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xf1/0x160
       do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

-> #1 (&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       lock_acquire+0x20b/0x600
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1c2/0x2630
       mutex_lock_io_nested+0x47/0x60
       __jbd2_log_wait_for_space+0x209/0x6c0
       add_transaction_credits+0x94a/0xc00
       start_this_handle+0x739/0x1660
       jbd2__journal_start+0x2d5/0x5d0
       __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x363/0x880
       ext4_evict_inode+0x9b0/0x1230
       evict+0x2a4/0x620
       do_unlinkat+0x4ad/0x8c0
       __x64_sys_unlink+0x49/0x50
       do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

-> #0 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       validate_chain+0x166b/0x5860
       __lock_acquire+0x125b/0x1f80
       lock_acquire+0x20b/0x600
       percpu_down_read+0x44/0x190
       ext4_evict_inode+0x53d/0x1230
       evict+0x2a4/0x620
       ext4_ext_migrate+0x102a/0x1310
       ext4_ioctl+0x1caf/0x6130
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xf1/0x160
       do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  sb_internal --> &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8 --> &sbi->s_writepages_rwsem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
  lock(sb_internal);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz-executor.3/1006:
 #0: ffff88814b6c4460 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x5e/0x1f0
 #1: ffff888051572218 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_ioctl+0x1ca7/0x6130
 #2: ffff88814b6c6b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2e2/0x1310

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 1006 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-syzkaller-00163-g66a87fff1a87 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/12/2023
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x1b5/0x2a0
 check_noncircular+0x2d1/0x390
 validate_chain+0x166b/0x5860
 __lock_acquire+0x125b/0x1f80
 lock_acquire+0x20b/0x600
 percpu_down_read+0x44/0x190
 ext4_evict_inode+0x53d/0x1230
 evict+0x2a4/0x620
 ext4_ext_migrate+0x102a/0x1310
 ext4_ioctl+0x1caf/0x6130
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf1/0x160
 do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7f275948c0c9
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 f1 19 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f275a288168 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f27595abf80 RCX: 00007f275948c0c9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006609 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f27594e7ae9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ffe180057ef R14: 00007f275a288300 R15: 0000000000022000
 </TASK>

Crashes (18):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2023/02/03 14:49 upstream 66a87fff1a87 1b2f701a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2023/02/03 12:38 upstream e7368fd30165 1b2f701a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2023/01/14 11:47 upstream 97ec4d559d93 a63719e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2023/01/03 18:36 upstream 69b41ac87e4a 1dac8c7a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2023/01/02 07:49 upstream 88603b6dc419 ab32d508 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2023/01/01 12:22 upstream e4cf7c25bae5 ab32d508 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/12/29 23:21 upstream 1b929c02afd3 44712fbc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/12/29 16:37 upstream 1b929c02afd3 44712fbc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/11/22 02:42 upstream eb7081409f94 1c576c23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/10/04 21:20 upstream 4fe89d07dcc2 eab8f949 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/10/04 10:23 upstream 4fe89d07dcc2 978d1f19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/10/03 21:52 upstream 4fe89d07dcc2 feb56351 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/10/03 20:24 upstream 4fe89d07dcc2 feb56351 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/09/24 16:50 upstream bf682942cd26 0042f2b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/09/23 23:33 upstream bf682942cd26 0042f2b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/09/21 03:32 upstream 60891ec99e14 c4b8ccfd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2023/03/16 13:23 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci fe15c26ee26e 18b58603 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2022/10/25 10:28 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci bbed346d5a96 45645420 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.