possible deadlock in do_qc

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/17 09:35
Reported-by: syzbot+0523e0803f6b4091fb43@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 466d, last: 2d01h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in do_qc gfs2 4 785 774d 902d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/22 09:11
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in do_qc 4 1049 10d 881d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/04/27 22:18
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in do_qc origin:lts-only 4 syz, C 1777 9h59m 881d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/28 01:25

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.1.13/5885 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888024620ae8 (&sdp->sd_quota_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: do_qc+0xa1/0x5f0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:689

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805dd734f0 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: sweep_bh_for_rgrps fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1543 [inline]
ffff88805dd734f0 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: punch_hole+0x1c8e/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1867

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       __gfs2_iomap_get+0x168/0x1390 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:862
       gfs2_iomap_get+0xef/0x170 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1427
       bh_get+0x251/0x760 fs/gfs2/quota.c:401
       qdsb_get+0x210/0x330 fs/gfs2/quota.c:535
       gfs2_quota_hold+0x191/0x5c0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:615
       punch_hole+0xa0d/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1828
       gfs2_iomap_end+0x4a5/0x7b0 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1188
       iomap_iter+0x203/0xe70 fs/iomap/iter.c:79
       iomap_file_buffered_write+0xbc8/0xda0 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1007
       gfs2_file_buffered_write+0x4c0/0x820 fs/gfs2/file.c:1060
       gfs2_file_write_iter+0x43d/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1158
       do_iter_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
       do_iter_write+0x747/0xc50 fs/read_write.c:860
       iter_file_splice_write+0x6b6/0xcf0 fs/splice.c:736
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:933 [inline]
       direct_splice_actor+0xe8/0x130 fs/splice.c:1142
       splice_direct_to_actor+0x30b/0x8e0 fs/splice.c:1088
       do_splice_direct+0x1d5/0x2f0 fs/splice.c:1194
       do_sendfile+0x52b/0xe80 fs/read_write.c:1254
       __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendfile64+0x145/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1308
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&sdp->sd_quota_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5756
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       do_qc+0xa1/0x5f0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:689
       gfs2_quota_change+0x28f/0x7a0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1289
       punch_hole+0x282f/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1968
       gfs2_iomap_end+0x4a5/0x7b0 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1188
       iomap_iter+0x203/0xe70 fs/iomap/iter.c:79
       iomap_file_buffered_write+0xbc8/0xda0 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1007
       gfs2_file_buffered_write+0x4c0/0x820 fs/gfs2/file.c:1060
       gfs2_file_write_iter+0x43d/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1158
       do_iter_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
       do_iter_write+0x747/0xc50 fs/read_write.c:860
       iter_file_splice_write+0x6b6/0xcf0 fs/splice.c:736
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:933 [inline]
       direct_splice_actor+0xe8/0x130 fs/splice.c:1142
       splice_direct_to_actor+0x30b/0x8e0 fs/splice.c:1088
       do_splice_direct+0x1d5/0x2f0 fs/splice.c:1194
       do_sendfile+0x52b/0xe80 fs/read_write.c:1254
       __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendfile64+0x145/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1308
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
                               lock(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);
                               lock(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
  lock(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

5 locks held by syz.1.13/5885:
 #0: ffff888025ff2418 (sb_writers#17){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_sendfile+0x506/0xe80 fs/read_write.c:1253
 #1: ffff88805dd73068 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805dd73068 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#24){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: gfs2_file_write_iter+0x364/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1115
 #2: ffff888025ff2608 (sb_internal#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: gfs2_trans_begin+0x6f/0xe0 fs/gfs2/trans.c:118
 #3: ffff888024621060 (&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock){.+.+}-{3:3}, at: __gfs2_trans_begin+0x537/0x8b0 fs/gfs2/trans.c:87
 #4: ffff88805dd734f0 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: sweep_bh_for_rgrps fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1543 [inline]
 #4: ffff88805dd734f0 (&ip->i_rw_mutex){++++}-{3:3}, at: punch_hole+0x1c8e/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1867

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 5885 Comm: syz.1.13 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5756
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 do_qc+0xa1/0x5f0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:689
 gfs2_quota_change+0x28f/0x7a0 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1289
 punch_hole+0x282f/0x2e00 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1968
 gfs2_iomap_end+0x4a5/0x7b0 fs/gfs2/bmap.c:1188
 iomap_iter+0x203/0xe70 fs/iomap/iter.c:79
 iomap_file_buffered_write+0xbc8/0xda0 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1007
 gfs2_file_buffered_write+0x4c0/0x820 fs/gfs2/file.c:1060
 gfs2_file_write_iter+0x43d/0xe90 fs/gfs2/file.c:1158
 do_iter_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
 do_iter_write+0x747/0xc50 fs/read_write.c:860
 iter_file_splice_write+0x6b6/0xcf0 fs/splice.c:736
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:933 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0xe8/0x130 fs/splice.c:1142
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x30b/0x8e0 fs/splice.c:1088
 do_splice_direct+0x1d5/0x2f0 fs/splice.c:1194
 do_sendfile+0x52b/0xe80 fs/read_write.c:1254
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64+0x145/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1308
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fb7fe79e159
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:00007fb7ff65a028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000028
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb7fea25fa0 RCX: 00007fb7fe79e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fb7fe83506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0001000000201005 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb7fea26038 R14: 00007fb7fea25fa0 R15: 00007fffc8eb20d8
 </TASK>

Crashes (241):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/24 10:33 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 0281b448 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/09/24 10:33 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 0281b448 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/31 10:51 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/31 07:41 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/07 02:04 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/08/03 08:03 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/07/31 05:02 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/07/31 03:56 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/06/07 19:16 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/06/03 19:51 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/06/03 08:51 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/30 15:25 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/20 18:30 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c 62fb93a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/18 08:25 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/17 10:21 linux-6.6.y 4d922539ad7d de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/05/03 01:03 linux-6.6.y 258cf62a6dfd a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/25 18:30 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/19 00:50 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/18 18:06 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/15 20:47 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/13 04:10 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/04/08 11:10 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/30 16:42 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/30 05:28 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/29 18:19 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/29 07:13 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/29 07:02 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/19 05:41 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/12 21:25 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/12 17:12 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/06 18:45 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/03/01 22:47 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/28 22:05 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/28 19:17 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/28 12:16 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/27 23:56 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/25 19:21 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/19 00:58 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/10 20:51 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/09 18:07 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/09 07:05 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2026/02/04 22:11 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
2025/06/17 09:34 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb cfebc887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in do_qc
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.