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WARNING in ext4_write_inode (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/10/16 17:36
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+070d9738dbe6a10fadc8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 90d, last: 20h08m
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[syzbot] [ext4?] WARNING in ext4_write_inode (3) 0 (1) 2025/10/16 17:36
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.14 WARNING in ext4_write_inode -1 6 2148d 2149d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/22 22:10
upstream WARNING in ext4_write_inode ext4 -1 13 2138d 2145d 15/29 fixed on 2020/05/10 10:41
upstream WARNING in ext4_write_inode (2) ext4 -1 C 130 450d 1428d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/25 16:58
linux-5.15 WARNING in ext4_write_inode -1 1 1019d 1019d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/26 10:16
linux-4.19 WARNING in ext4_write_inode -1 1 2148d 2148d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/22 14:27
linux-6.1 WARNING in ext4_write_inode -1 5 942d 1023d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/21 16:26

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: fs/ext4/inode.c:5691 at ext4_write_inode+0x545/0x620 fs/ext4/inode.c:5691, CPU#0: kswapd0/78
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 78 Comm: kswapd0 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
RIP: 0010:ext4_write_inode+0x545/0x620 fs/ext4/inode.c:5691
Code: 8b 05 ff dd 04 10 48 3b 44 24 30 75 5a 44 89 e0 48 83 c4 38 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 1c 25 45 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb cf e8 11 25 45 ff 41 bc fb ff ff ff eb c2 e8 04 25 45
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000102ee20 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff827be244 RBX: 0000000000000800 RCX: ffff88801c6fc980
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000800 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff8f824677 R09: 1ffffffff1f048ce
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff827bdd00 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffc9000102ef60 R14: ffff888046a11f78 R15: ffff88801c6fc980
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88808d414000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc4b6701920 CR3: 000000003fb02000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline][   85.715214][ T4682] Bluetooth: hci0: command tx timeout
 __writeback_single_inode+0x7e1/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1802[   85.715214][ T4682] Bluetooth: hci0: command tx timeout

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/10 02:06 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_write_inode
2025/10/12 17:25 upstream 67029a49db6c ff1712fe .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_write_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.