====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ syz.3.1524/11856 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888027436b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:77 [inline] ffff888027436b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1820 [inline] ffff888027436b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x1ca/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:3025 but task is already holding lock: ffff88808743ba88 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:164 [inline] ffff88808743ba88 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6389 [inline] ffff88808743ba88 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3db/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}: down_write+0x96/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1590 ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:157 [inline] ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x28/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1797 ext4_do_writepages+0x4e6/0x4500 fs/ext4/inode.c:2811 ext4_writepages+0x203/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:3026 do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2598 __writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1737 writeback_sb_inodes+0x93a/0x1870 fs/fs-writeback.c:2030 wb_writeback+0x42b/0xaa0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2363 [inline] wb_workfn+0x3f9/0xed0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2403 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 -> #0 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}: 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+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:77 [inline] ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1820 [inline] ext4_writepages+0x1ca/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:3025 do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2598 __writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1737 writeback_single_inode+0x493/0xc70 fs/fs-writeback.c:1858 write_inode_now+0x160/0x1d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2924 iput_final fs/inode.c:1941 [inline] iput+0xa77/0x1030 fs/inode.c:2003 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x1fce/0x2ac0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2203 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2668 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2743 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12da/0x1ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2831 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x30d/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:6349 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6392 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45c/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470 ext4_evict_inode+0x79c/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:253 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xc20/0x1460 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5658 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x58a1/0x6160 fs/ext4/super.c:5777 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1699 vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1759 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline] do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline] do_new_mount+0x302/0xa10 fs/namespace.c:3712 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x313/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4201 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&ei->xattr_sem); lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); lock(&ei->xattr_sem); rlock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by syz.3.1524/11856: #0: ffff888027b6a0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#27/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: alloc_super+0x28c/0xaa0 fs/super.c:344 #1: ffff888027b6a610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline] #1: ffff888027b6a610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline] #1: ffff888027b6a610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline] #1: ffff888027b6a610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214 #2: ffff88808743ba88 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:164 [inline] #2: ffff88808743ba88 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6389 [inline] #2: ffff88808743ba88 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3db/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11856 Comm: syz.3.1524 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 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+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:77 [inline] ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1820 [inline] ext4_writepages+0x1ca/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:3025 do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2598 __writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1737 writeback_single_inode+0x493/0xc70 fs/fs-writeback.c:1858 write_inode_now+0x160/0x1d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2924 iput_final fs/inode.c:1941 [inline] iput+0xa77/0x1030 fs/inode.c:2003 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x1fce/0x2ac0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2203 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2668 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2743 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12da/0x1ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2831 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x30d/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:6349 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6392 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45c/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470 ext4_evict_inode+0x79c/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:253 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xc20/0x1460 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5658 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x58a1/0x6160 fs/ext4/super.c:5777 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1699 vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1759 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline] do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline] do_new_mount+0x302/0xa10 fs/namespace.c:3712 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x313/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4201 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f2229390eea Code: d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb a6 e8 de 1a 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 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:00007f222a1bbe68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f222a1bbef0 RCX: 00007f2229390eea RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 00007f222a1bbeb0 RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007f222a1bbef0 R09: 0000000000800700 R10: 0000000000800700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000200000000080 R13: 00007f222a1bbeb0 R14: 000000000000046f R15: 00002000000000c0 EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:441: inode #11: comm syz.3.1524: iget: bad extra_isize 90 (inode size 256) EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:446: comm syz.3.1524: error while reading EA inode 11 err=-117 EXT4-fs warning (device loop3): ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea:2857: Unable to expand inode 15. Delete some EAs or run e2fsck. EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:441: inode #11: comm syz.3.1524: iget: bad extra_isize 90 (inode size 256) EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:446: comm syz.3.1524: error while reading EA inode 11 err=-117 EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:441: inode #18: comm syz.3.1524: iget: bad extra_isize 90 (inode size 256) EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:446: comm syz.3.1524: error while reading EA inode 18 err=-117 EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:441: inode #18: comm syz.3.1524: iget: bad extra_isize 90 (inode size 256) EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:446: comm syz.3.1524: error while reading EA inode 18 err=-117 EXT4-fs (loop3): 1 orphan inode deleted EXT4-fs (loop3): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 r/w without journal. Quota mode: none.