====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ kworker/u8:2/35 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888055b034f8 (&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfs_extend_file+0xf2/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397 but task is already holding lock: ffff888056b3c0b0 (&tree->tree_lock#2/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfs_find_init+0x18e/0x300 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&tree->tree_lock#2/1){+.+.}-{4:4}: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 hfs_find_init+0x18e/0x300 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1 hfs_ext_read_extent fs/hfs/extent.c:200 [inline] hfs_extend_file+0x35c/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:401 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x107/0x430 fs/hfs/btree.c:269 hfs_cat_create+0x20f/0x800 fs/hfs/catalog.c:104 hfs_mkdir+0x6c/0xe0 fs/hfs/dir.c:232 vfs_mkdir+0x413/0x630 fs/namei.c:5233 filename_mkdirat+0x285/0x510 fs/namei.c:5266 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:5287 [inline] __se_sys_mkdirat+0x35/0x150 fs/namei.c:5284 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 -> #0 (&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}: check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0xf0/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 hfs_extend_file+0xf2/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x107/0x430 fs/hfs/btree.c:269 __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x1fa/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:121 hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17e/0x210 fs/hfs/extent.c:144 hfs_write_inode+0x117/0x960 fs/hfs/inode.c:441 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x75a/0x11a0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1813 writeback_sb_inodes+0x944/0x19a0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2041 wb_writeback+0x456/0xb70 fs/fs-writeback.c:2227 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2374 [inline] wb_workfn+0x414/0xf50 fs/fs-writeback.c:2414 process_one_work+0x949/0x1650 kernel/workqueue.c:3279 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3362 [inline] worker_thread+0xb46/0x1140 kernel/workqueue.c:3443 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 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&tree->tree_lock#2/1); lock(&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock); lock(&tree->tree_lock#2/1); lock(&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by kworker/u8:2/35: #0: ffff888020ad7948 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x855/0x1650 kernel/workqueue.c:3254 #1: ffffc90000ab7c40 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x87c/0x1650 kernel/workqueue.c:3255 #2: ffff888056b3c0b0 (&tree->tree_lock#2/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfs_find_init+0x18e/0x300 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 35 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:3) Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_circular_bug+0x2e1/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0xf0/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 hfs_extend_file+0xf2/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x107/0x430 fs/hfs/btree.c:269 __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x1fa/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:121 hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17e/0x210 fs/hfs/extent.c:144 hfs_write_inode+0x117/0x960 fs/hfs/inode.c:441 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x75a/0x11a0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1813 writeback_sb_inodes+0x944/0x19a0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2041 wb_writeback+0x456/0xb70 fs/fs-writeback.c:2227 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2374 [inline] wb_workfn+0x414/0xf50 fs/fs-writeback.c:2414 process_one_work+0x949/0x1650 kernel/workqueue.c:3279 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3362 [inline] worker_thread+0xb46/0x1140 kernel/workqueue.c:3443 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