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possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/07 02:20
Reported-by: syzbot+77dc833fe5577a238762@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 149d, last: 2h08m
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data 4 119 2d02h 147d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/09 09:23
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data (2) ext4 4 C error 2384 1h26m 150d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/05 22:08
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data ext4 4 1 476d 472d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/25 12:07
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data 4 76 21h15m 155d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/11/01 09:40

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kworker/u4:8/4297 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888073b2ee70 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
ffff888073b2ee70 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1900

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88807669cbd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read+0x46/0x1b0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
       ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689
       do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
       __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
       writeback_single_inode+0x3cb/0x8e0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1770
       write_inode_now+0x23b/0x2c0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2817
       iput_final fs/inode.c:1756 [inline]
       iput+0x5ab/0x8a0 fs/inode.c:1795
       ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x34f4/0x3ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1825
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x4fd/0x2d20 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1924
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2618 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2693 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xf3f/0x19b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2781
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5905
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5948 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x469/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6026
       ext4_evict_inode+0xa8d/0x1090 fs/ext4/inode.c:282
       evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:647
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xad2/0x1320 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       ext4_fill_super+0x8e25/0x95a0 fs/ext4/super.c:5000
       mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
       legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
       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 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{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
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
       ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1900
       ext4_writepages+0x670/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2735
       do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
       __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
       writeback_sb_inodes+0xa4e/0x1680 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
       wb_writeback+0x45d/0xbe0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2114
       wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2257 [inline]
       wb_workfn+0x43a/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
       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

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(&ei->xattr_sem);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
  lock(&ei->xattr_sem);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by kworker/u4:8/4297:
 #0: ffff888019bd8138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000322fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff88807669cbd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4297 Comm: kworker/u4:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)
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
 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
 ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
 ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1900
 ext4_writepages+0x670/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2735
 do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
 writeback_sb_inodes+0xa4e/0x1680 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
 wb_writeback+0x45d/0xbe0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2114
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2257 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0x43a/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
 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>
EXT4-fs (loop0): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 15 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error 28
EXT4-fs (loop0): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

EXT4-fs (loop0): Total free blocks count 0
EXT4-fs (loop0): Free/Dirty block details
EXT4-fs (loop0): free_blocks=0
EXT4-fs (loop0): dirty_blocks=2
EXT4-fs (loop0): Block reservation details
EXT4-fs (loop0): i_reserved_data_blocks=2
EXT4-fs (loop0): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 15 at logical offset 16843019 with max blocks 1 with error 28
EXT4-fs (loop0): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

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Crashes (125):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/05 19:02 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/05 15:17 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/05 13:49 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/05 11:20 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/05 09:29 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/05 07:53 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/05 06:44 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/03 19:05 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/31 22:48 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/30 23:15 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/30 14:38 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/27 03:11 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/27 01:09 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/06 22:38 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/04 19:07 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/03/04 11:57 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/28 09:45 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/28 08:43 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/25 23:40 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/24 04:53 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/23 06:39 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/22 17:16 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/21 22:22 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/16 18:08 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 5d52cba5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/15 23:50 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/15 00:32 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/14 17:18 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/13 20:43 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/13 09:13 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/12 15:27 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/10 17:51 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/10 15:32 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/08 00:00 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/07 19:04 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/05 16:54 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/05 16:32 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/05 05:20 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/04 15:08 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/03 22:28 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/02 09:48 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/02/02 05:04 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/01/31 00:53 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/01/30 17:45 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/01/22 07:07 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/01/21 18:56 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/01/20 00:32 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2025/11/07 02:19 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.