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EXT4-fs (loop2): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT4-fs (loop2): 1 truncate cleaned up
EXT4-fs (loop2): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: bh,,errors=continue. Quota mode: none.
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.2.250/5069 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807571c690 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
ffff88807571c690 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1900

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888058406c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691

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:2691
       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:1827
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x4fd/0x2d20 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1926
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2620 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2695 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xf3f/0x19b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2783
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5924
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5967 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x469/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6045
       ext4_evict_inode+0xa8d/0x1090 fs/ext4/inode.c:284
       evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:647
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xad2/0x1320 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       ext4_fill_super+0x8d6e/0x94f0 fs/ext4/super.c:5006
       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:2737
       do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
       filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x1eb/0x240 mm/filemap.c:400
       __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:433 [inline]
       file_write_and_wait_range+0x14d/0x220 mm/filemap.c:810
       ext4_sync_file+0x1ff/0xae0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:151
       generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2990 [inline]
       ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x338/0x3b0 fs/ext4/file.c:275
       ext4_file_write_iter+0x74d/0x1700 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
       call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x745/0xd60 fs/read_write.c:594
       ksys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:701 [inline]
       __do_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:711 [inline]
       __se_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:708 [inline]
       __x64_sys_pwrite64+0x19a/0x220 fs/read_write.c:708
       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

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 ***

2 locks held by syz.2.250/5069:
 #0: ffff888058408460 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x295/0xd60 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff888058406c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 5069 Comm: syz.2.250 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
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:2737
 do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x1eb/0x240 mm/filemap.c:400
 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:433 [inline]
 file_write_and_wait_range+0x14d/0x220 mm/filemap.c:810
 ext4_sync_file+0x1ff/0xae0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:151
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2990 [inline]
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x338/0x3b0 fs/ext4/file.c:275
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x74d/0x1700 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x745/0xd60 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:701 [inline]
 __do_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:711 [inline]
 __se_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:708 [inline]
 __x64_sys_pwrite64+0x19a/0x220 fs/read_write.c:708
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7f51a66b0e59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f51a490a028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000012
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f51a6929fa0 RCX: 00007f51a66b0e59
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000740 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f51a6746d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 000000000004fed3 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f51a692a038 R14: 00007f51a6929fa0 R15: 00007ffdb5113a38
 </TASK>
EXT4-fs (loop2): Delayed block allocation failed for inode 15 at logical offset 319 with max blocks 1 with error 28
EXT4-fs (loop2): This should not happen!! Data will be lost