====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.0.17/4316 is trying to acquire lock: ffffffff8c95fde8 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_rescan_store+0xc2/0x150 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c:476 but task is already holding lock: ffff888141fea1d8 (kn->active#495){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1fd/0x500 fs/kernfs/file.c:288 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (kn->active#495){++++}-{0:0}: kernfs_drain fs/kernfs/dir.c:478 [inline] __kernfs_remove+0x5da/0xcb0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1372 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x91/0x100 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1566 kernfs_remove_by_name include/linux/kernfs.h:598 [inline] remove_files fs/sysfs/group.c:28 [inline] sysfs_remove_group+0xfd/0x290 fs/sysfs/group.c:289 sysfs_remove_groups+0x50/0xa0 fs/sysfs/group.c:313 device_remove_groups drivers/base/core.c:2498 [inline] device_remove_attrs+0xf1/0x140 drivers/base/core.c:2701 device_del+0x637/0xa80 drivers/base/core.c:3614 pci_destroy_dev drivers/pci/remove.c:36 [inline] pci_remove_bus_device+0x114/0x610 drivers/pci/remove.c:100 pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device drivers/pci/remove.c:118 [inline] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x1e/0x30 drivers/pci/remove.c:125 remove_store+0xe2/0x140 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c:494 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x500 fs/kernfs/file.c:296 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline] vfs_write+0x748/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:594 ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647 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 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{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+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623 __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline] mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743 dev_rescan_store+0xc2/0x150 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c:476 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x500 fs/kernfs/file.c:296 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline] vfs_write+0x748/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:594 ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647 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(kn->active#495); lock(pci_rescan_remove_lock); lock(kn->active#495); lock(pci_rescan_remove_lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by syz.0.17/4316: #0: ffff88807b5e4460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x296/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:590 #1: ffff88807ea5c488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1dc/0x500 fs/kernfs/file.c:287 #2: ffff888141fea1d8 (kn->active#495){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1fd/0x500 fs/kernfs/file.c:288 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 4316 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026 Call Trace: 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+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623 __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline] mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743 dev_rescan_store+0xc2/0x150 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c:476 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x500 fs/kernfs/file.c:296 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline] vfs_write+0x748/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:594 ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647 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: 0033:0x7f71110d10d9 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:00007ffccda222b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7111358fa0 RCX: 00007f71110d10d9 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f7111168024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f7111358fac R14: 00007f7111358fa0 R15: 00007f7111358fa0 pci 0000:00:01.0: [8086:7110] type 00 class 0x060100