============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 6.16.0-rc6-next-20250718-syzkaller #0 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- syz.4.2120/13851 is trying to acquire lock: ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2757 [inline] ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_sync_lower_features net/core/dev.c:10614 [inline] ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __netdev_update_features+0xcb1/0x1be0 net/core/dev.c:10784 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2757 [inline] ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3265 [inline] ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x716/0x19b0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3532 and the lock comparison function returns 0: other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&dev_instance_lock_key#20); lock(&dev_instance_lock_key#20); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 2 locks held by syz.4.2120/13851: #0: ffffffff8f525e88 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x1d0/0x19b0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3531 #1: ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2757 [inline] #1: ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] #1: ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3265 [inline] #1: ffff8880628a4d28 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x716/0x19b0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3532 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 13851 Comm: syz.4.2120 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-next-20250718-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_deadlock_bug+0x28b/0x2a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3044 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3096 [inline] validate_chain+0x1a3f/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3898 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5240 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:602 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x187/0x1360 kernel/locking/mutex.c:764 netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2757 [inline] netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] netdev_sync_lower_features net/core/dev.c:10614 [inline] __netdev_update_features+0xcb1/0x1be0 net/core/dev.c:10784 netdev_update_features+0x6d/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:10841 macsec_notify+0x2f5/0x660 drivers/net/macsec.c:4533 notifier_call_chain+0x1b6/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:85 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2267 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2281 [inline] netdev_features_change+0x85/0xc0 net/core/dev.c:1570 __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3499 [inline] dev_ethtool+0x1536/0x19b0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3532 dev_ioctl+0x392/0x1150 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:758 sock_do_ioctl+0x22c/0x300 net/socket.c:1252 sock_ioctl+0x576/0x790 net/socket.c:1359 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:584 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f4c4538e9a9 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f4c462a4038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4c455b5fa0 RCX: 00007f4c4538e9a9 RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 0000000000008946 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f4c45410d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f4c455b5fa0 R15: 00007ffd1ebacd98