====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ kworker/u4:8/4510 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888070768100 (&rl->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_read_block fs/ntfs/aops.c:248 [inline] ffff888070768100 (&rl->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_read_folio+0x1463/0x29c0 fs/ntfs/aops.c:436 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880548d5410 (&ni->mrec_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: map_mft_record+0x4c/0x650 fs/ntfs/mft.c:154 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&ni->mrec_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x12d/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747 map_mft_record+0x4c/0x650 fs/ntfs/mft.c:154 ntfs_attr_extend_allocation+0x528/0x4360 fs/ntfs/attrib.c:2002 ntfs_prepare_file_for_write fs/ntfs/file.c:391 [inline] ntfs_file_write_iter+0x369/0x1a70 fs/ntfs/file.c:1915 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x4b1/0xa30 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x14c/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 -> #0 (&rl->lock){++++}-{3:3}: check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662 down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520 ntfs_read_block fs/ntfs/aops.c:248 [inline] ntfs_read_folio+0x1463/0x29c0 fs/ntfs/aops.c:436 filemap_read_folio+0x16b/0x770 mm/filemap.c:2490 do_read_cache_folio+0x2a0/0x760 mm/filemap.c:3659 do_read_cache_page+0x32/0x220 mm/filemap.c:3701 read_mapping_page include/linux/pagemap.h:793 [inline] ntfs_map_page fs/ntfs/aops.h:75 [inline] ntfs_sync_mft_mirror+0x24f/0x1ad0 fs/ntfs/mft.c:480 write_mft_record_nolock+0x1188/0x1900 fs/ntfs/mft.c:787 write_mft_record+0x136/0x300 fs/ntfs/mft.h:95 __ntfs_write_inode+0x724/0xbf0 fs/ntfs/inode.c:3050 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1470 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x75b/0x1160 fs/fs-writeback.c:1687 writeback_sb_inodes+0xb30/0x1850 fs/fs-writeback.c:1913 wb_writeback+0x482/0xd50 fs/fs-writeback.c:2087 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2230 [inline] wb_workfn+0x423/0xee0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2270 process_one_work+0x8a2/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1270 kernel/workqueue.c:2439 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&ni->mrec_lock); lock(&rl->lock); lock(&ni->mrec_lock); lock(&rl->lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by kworker/u4:8/4510: #0: ffff88801ba6d938 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267 #1: ffffc90003637d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267 #2: ffff8880548d5410 (&ni->mrec_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: map_mft_record+0x4c/0x650 fs/ntfs/mft.c:154 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 4510 Comm: kworker/u4:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:2) Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2170 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662 down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520 ntfs_read_block fs/ntfs/aops.c:248 [inline] ntfs_read_folio+0x1463/0x29c0 fs/ntfs/aops.c:436 filemap_read_folio+0x16b/0x770 mm/filemap.c:2490 do_read_cache_folio+0x2a0/0x760 mm/filemap.c:3659 do_read_cache_page+0x32/0x220 mm/filemap.c:3701 read_mapping_page include/linux/pagemap.h:793 [inline] ntfs_map_page fs/ntfs/aops.h:75 [inline] ntfs_sync_mft_mirror+0x24f/0x1ad0 fs/ntfs/mft.c:480 write_mft_record_nolock+0x1188/0x1900 fs/ntfs/mft.c:787 write_mft_record+0x136/0x300 fs/ntfs/mft.h:95 __ntfs_write_inode+0x724/0xbf0 fs/ntfs/inode.c:3050 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1470 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x75b/0x1160 fs/fs-writeback.c:1687 writeback_sb_inodes+0xb30/0x1850 fs/fs-writeback.c:1913 wb_writeback+0x482/0xd50 fs/fs-writeback.c:2087 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2230 [inline] wb_workfn+0x423/0xee0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2270 process_one_work+0x8a2/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1270 kernel/workqueue.c:2439 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295