WARNING: possible recursive locking detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- kworker/u32:42/8700 is trying to acquire lock: ffffe8fefc7b4cd8 (&pd_list->lock ){+...}-{3:3} , at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline] , at: padata_find_next kernel/padata.c:256 [inline] , at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:309 [inline] , at: padata_do_serial+0x7bd/0xd20 kernel/padata.c:379 but task is already holding lock: ffffe8fefc8b58d8 (&pd_list->lock ){+...}-{3:3} , at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline] , at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:300 [inline] , at: padata_do_serial+0x697/0xd20 kernel/padata.c:379 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&pd_list->lock); lock(&pd_list->lock); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 3 locks held by kworker/u32:42/8700: #0: ffff888023af2948 ((wq_completion)pencrypt_parallel){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x12a2/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238 #1: ffffc900034b7d10 ((work_completion)(&pw->pw_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x929/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3239 #2: ffffe8fefc8b58d8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline] #2: ffffe8fefc8b58d8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:300 [inline] #2: ffffe8fefc8b58d8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: padata_do_serial+0x697/0xd20 kernel/padata.c:379 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8700 Comm: kworker/u32:42 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: pencrypt_parallel padata_parallel_worker Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_deadlock_bug+0x1e9/0x240 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3041 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3093 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3895 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x1133/0x1ce0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline] lock_acquire+0x179/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825 __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline] _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline] padata_find_next kernel/padata.c:256 [inline] padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:309 [inline] padata_do_serial+0x7bd/0xd20 kernel/padata.c:379 pcrypt_aead_enc+0x5b/0x70 crypto/pcrypt.c:89 padata_parallel_worker+0x65/0xb0 kernel/padata.c:157 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3263 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3346 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3427 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x56a/0x730 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245