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INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode (4)

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/19 02:24
Subsystems: ext4
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First crash: 95d, last: 95d
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode (2) ext4 1 1 715d 715d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/05 05:22
upstream INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode (3) ext4 1 syz error error 16 321d 472d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/15 01:45
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode 1 1 1068d 1068d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/29 02:02
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode (2) origin:lts-only 1 syz inconclusive 9 80d 548d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/11/21 22:54
upstream INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode ext4 1 syz done unreliable 6 999d 1228d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/06 15:41
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode 1 1 229d 229d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/15 04:26

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.7.1569:12437 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.7.1569      state:D stack:24000 pid:12437 tgid:12436 ppid:7093   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1585/0x5340 kernel/sched/core.c:6907
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6989 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7004
 mb_cache_entry_wait_unused+0x17d/0x280 fs/mbcache.c:148
 ext4_evict_ea_inode+0x14d/0x2f0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:481
 ext4_evict_inode+0x165/0xeb0 fs/ext4/inode.c:185
 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:846
 ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x12c6/0x1e20 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1849
 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x621/0x2ad0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1961
 ext4_xattr_set_handle+0xe34/0x14c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2457
 ext4_xattr_set+0x255/0x340 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2559
 __vfs_setxattr+0x43c/0x480 fs/xattr.c:200
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12d/0x660 fs/xattr.c:234
 vfs_setxattr+0x163/0x360 fs/xattr.c:321
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:636 [inline]
 filename_setxattr+0x296/0x630 fs/xattr.c:664
 path_setxattrat+0x3eb/0x440 fs/xattr.c:708
 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:742 [inline]
 __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:738 [inline]
 __x64_sys_setxattr+0xbc/0xe0 fs/xattr.c:738
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd50779c629
RSP: 002b:00007fd508720028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd507a15fa0 RCX: 00007fd50779c629
RDX: 0000200000001b40 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000200000000380
RBP: 00007fd507832b39 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000835 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd507a16038 R14: 00007fd507a15fa0 R15: 00007ffe49933958
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.7.1569:12442 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.7.1569      state:D stack:26240 pid:12442 tgid:12436 ppid:7093   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1585/0x5340 kernel/sched/core.c:6907
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6989 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7004
 __wait_on_freeing_inode+0x166/0x3b0 fs/inode.c:2560
 find_inode_fast+0x30c/0x550 fs/inode.c:1109
 iget_locked+0xd0/0x6a0 fs/inode.c:1467
 __ext4_iget+0x242/0x4290 fs/ext4/inode.c:5146
 ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find fs/ext4/xattr.c:1550 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create+0x447/0x1cf0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1589
 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x229/0x2ad0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1918
 ext4_xattr_set_handle+0xe34/0x14c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2457
 ext4_xattr_set+0x255/0x340 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2559
 __vfs_setxattr+0x43c/0x480 fs/xattr.c:200
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12d/0x660 fs/xattr.c:234
 vfs_setxattr+0x163/0x360 fs/xattr.c:321
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:636 [inline]
 filename_setxattr+0x296/0x630 fs/xattr.c:664
 path_setxattrat+0x3eb/0x440 fs/xattr.c:708
 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:742 [inline]
 __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:738 [inline]
 __x64_sys_setxattr+0xbc/0xe0 fs/xattr.c:738
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd50779c629
RSP: 002b:00007fd5086ff028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd507a16090 RCX: 00007fd50779c629
RDX: 0000200000001400 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000200000000380
RBP: 00007fd507832b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000835 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd507a16128 R14: 00007fd507a16090 R15: 00007ffe49933958
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/31:
 #0: ffffffff8e7602e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7602e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:850 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7602e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
2 locks held by kworker/u8:3/48:
 #0: ffff88813fe44148 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fe44148 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #1: ffff8880b8724588 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x53/0x880 kernel/sched/psi.c:933
1 lock held by dhcpcd/5481:
 #0: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: devinet_ioctl+0x32b/0x1b30 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1120
2 locks held by getty/5572:
 #0: ffff8880362800a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000332b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45c/0x13c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
5 locks held by kworker/u8:12/7034:
3 locks held by syz.7.1569/12437:
 #0: ffff8880571e2420 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff88807b5603e0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1028 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807b5603e0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){++++}-{4:4}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x13e/0x360 fs/xattr.c:320
 #2: ffff88807b5600c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:157 [inline]
 #2: ffff88807b5600c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_xattr_set_handle+0x19c/0x14c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2372
3 locks held by syz.7.1569/12442:
 #0: ffff8880571e2420 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
 #1: ffff88807b596d68 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1028 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807b596d68 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){++++}-{4:4}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x13e/0x360 fs/xattr.c:320
 #2: ffff88807b596a50 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:157 [inline]
 #2: ffff88807b596a50 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_xattr_set_handle+0x19c/0x14c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2372
1 lock held by syz-executor/12602:
 #0: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:634 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3e/0x1c0 drivers/net/tun.c:3436
2 locks held by syz.9.1925/14130:
 #0: ffffffff8fbbceb0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}, at: copy_net_ns+0x4f7/0x730 net/core/net_namespace.c:577
 #1: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: caif_exit_net+0x6a/0x4a0 net/caif/caif_dev.c:528
1 lock held by syz.5.1938/14185:
 #0: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fbcb708 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ioctl+0x7a4/0x1150 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:813

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:161 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:346 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd9/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:515
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:63
Code: ee 6d 02 e9 8e a2 63 f5 cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 43 bd 1c 00 fb f4 <e9> 67 a2 63 f5 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8e407dc0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000001bc7253 RBX: ffffffff819a77ad RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8def0c6a RDI: ffffffff8c27a100
RBP: ffffffff8e407eb0 R08: ffff8880b863395b R09: 1ffff110170c672b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c672c R12: ffffffff90116cb0
R13: 1ffffffff1c929d8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125469000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f1f14be82f8 CR3: 0000000030fca000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/kernel/process.c:766 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x72/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1bd/0x500 kernel/sched/idle.c:332
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430
 rest_init+0x2de/0x300 init/main.c:760
 start_kernel+0x385/0x3d0 init/main.c:1210
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/18 02:15 upstream d295082ea672 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode
2026/02/17 05:29 linux-next 350adaf7fde9 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in ext4_evict_ea_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.