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possible deadlock in f2fs_do_truncate_blocks

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/10/11 23:13
Subsystems: f2fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+14b90e1156b9f6fc1266@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 10d, last: 21m
Discussions (2)
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[PATCH] f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadlock 1 (1) 2025/10/14 11:47
[syzbot] [f2fs?] possible deadlock in f2fs_do_truncate_blocks 0 (1) 2025/10/11 23:13

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kswapd0/74 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880114303b0 (&sbi->cp_rwsem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: f2fs_down_read fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2278 [inline]
ffff8880114303b0 (&sbi->cp_rwsem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: f2fs_lock_op fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2357 [inline]
ffff8880114303b0 (&sbi->cp_rwsem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x21c/0x10c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:791

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880002f6610 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: f2fs_evict_inode+0x8d9/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:890

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
       percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1916 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite+0x4d/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:2099
       f2fs_evict_inode+0x8d9/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:890
       evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
       f2fs_evict_inode+0x1dc/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:853
       evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
       dispose_list fs/inode.c:852 [inline]
       prune_icache_sb+0x21b/0x2c0 fs/inode.c:1000
       super_cache_scan+0x39b/0x4b0 fs/super.c:224
       do_shrink_slab+0x6ef/0x1110 mm/shrinker.c:437
       shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
       shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
       shrink_one+0x28a/0x7c0 mm/vmscan.c:4955
       shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:5016 [inline]
       lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5094 [inline]
       shrink_node+0x315d/0x3780 mm/vmscan.c:6081
       kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6941 [inline]
       balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7124 [inline]
       kswapd+0x147c/0x2800 mm/vmscan.c:7389
       kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
       ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4269 [inline]
       fs_reclaim_acquire+0x72/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4283
       might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:318 [inline]
       prepare_alloc_pages+0x153/0x610 mm/page_alloc.c:4951
       __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x123/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5172
       alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2416
       alloc_frozen_pages_noprof mm/mempolicy.c:2487 [inline]
       alloc_pages_noprof+0xa9/0x190 mm/mempolicy.c:2507
       folio_alloc_noprof+0x1e/0x30 mm/mempolicy.c:2517
       filemap_alloc_folio_noprof+0xdf/0x470 mm/filemap.c:1020
       do_read_cache_folio+0x2da/0x590 mm/filemap.c:3986
       read_mapping_folio include/linux/pagemap.h:999 [inline]
       f2fs_commit_super+0x3d0/0x5e0 fs/f2fs/super.c:4491
       f2fs_record_errors fs/f2fs/super.c:4573 [inline]
       f2fs_handle_error+0x183/0x240 fs/f2fs/super.c:4585
       f2fs_check_nid_range fs/f2fs/node.c:44 [inline]
       __get_node_folio+0xff6/0x14f0 fs/f2fs/node.c:1548
       f2fs_get_node_folio fs/f2fs/node.c:1597 [inline]
       f2fs_get_dnode_of_data+0xab4/0x1cf0 fs/f2fs/node.c:879
       __replace_atomic_write_block+0x152/0x14a0 fs/f2fs/segment.c:234
       __f2fs_commit_atomic_write fs/f2fs/segment.c:355 [inline]
       f2fs_commit_atomic_write+0x93a/0x1930 fs/f2fs/segment.c:412
       f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write fs/f2fs/file.c:2380 [inline]
       __f2fs_ioctl+0x3f31/0xb5b0 fs/f2fs/file.c:4624
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&sbi->sb_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       down_write+0x96/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1590
       f2fs_down_write fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2294 [inline]
       f2fs_record_errors fs/f2fs/super.c:4568 [inline]
       f2fs_handle_error+0xde/0x240 fs/f2fs/super.c:4585
       f2fs_check_nid_range fs/f2fs/node.c:44 [inline]
       __get_node_folio+0xff6/0x14f0 fs/f2fs/node.c:1548
       f2fs_get_node_folio fs/f2fs/node.c:1597 [inline]
       f2fs_get_dnode_of_data+0xab4/0x1cf0 fs/f2fs/node.c:879
       __replace_atomic_write_block+0x152/0x14a0 fs/f2fs/segment.c:234
       __f2fs_commit_atomic_write fs/f2fs/segment.c:355 [inline]
       f2fs_commit_atomic_write+0x93a/0x1930 fs/f2fs/segment.c:412
       f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write fs/f2fs/file.c:2380 [inline]
       __f2fs_ioctl+0x3f31/0xb5b0 fs/f2fs/file.c:4624
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&sbi->cp_rwsem){.+.+}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908
       __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
       f2fs_down_read fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2278 [inline]
       f2fs_lock_op fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2357 [inline]
       f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x21c/0x10c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:791
       f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x10a/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:867
       f2fs_truncate+0x489/0x7c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:925
       f2fs_evict_inode+0x9f2/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:897
       evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
       f2fs_evict_inode+0x1dc/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:853
       evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
       dispose_list fs/inode.c:852 [inline]
       prune_icache_sb+0x21b/0x2c0 fs/inode.c:1000
       super_cache_scan+0x39b/0x4b0 fs/super.c:224
       do_shrink_slab+0x6ef/0x1110 mm/shrinker.c:437
       shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
       shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
       shrink_one+0x28a/0x7c0 mm/vmscan.c:4955
       shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:5016 [inline]
       lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5094 [inline]
       shrink_node+0x315d/0x3780 mm/vmscan.c:6081
       kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6941 [inline]
       balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7124 [inline]
       kswapd+0x147c/0x2800 mm/vmscan.c:7389
       kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
       ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &sbi->cp_rwsem --> fs_reclaim --> sb_internal#2

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  rlock(sb_internal#2);
                               lock(fs_reclaim);
                               lock(sb_internal#2);
  rlock(&sbi->cp_rwsem);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by kswapd0/74:
 #0: ffffffff8e247c40 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7015 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e247c40 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x951/0x2800 mm/vmscan.c:7389
 #1: ffff8880002f60e0 (&type->s_umount_key#50){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:562 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880002f60e0 (&type->s_umount_key#50){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x91/0x4b0 fs/super.c:197
 #2: ffff8880002f6610 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: f2fs_evict_inode+0x8d9/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:890

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 74 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
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2ee/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x134/0x160 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+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908
 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
 f2fs_down_read fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2278 [inline]
 f2fs_lock_op fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2357 [inline]
 f2fs_do_truncate_blocks+0x21c/0x10c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:791
 f2fs_truncate_blocks+0x10a/0x300 fs/f2fs/file.c:867
 f2fs_truncate+0x489/0x7c0 fs/f2fs/file.c:925
 f2fs_evict_inode+0x9f2/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:897
 evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
 f2fs_evict_inode+0x1dc/0x1b60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:853
 evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
 dispose_list fs/inode.c:852 [inline]
 prune_icache_sb+0x21b/0x2c0 fs/inode.c:1000
 super_cache_scan+0x39b/0x4b0 fs/super.c:224
 do_shrink_slab+0x6ef/0x1110 mm/shrinker.c:437
 shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
 shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
 shrink_one+0x28a/0x7c0 mm/vmscan.c:4955
 shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:5016 [inline]
 lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5094 [inline]
 shrink_node+0x315d/0x3780 mm/vmscan.c:6081
 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6941 [inline]
 balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7124 [inline]
 kswapd+0x147c/0x2800 mm/vmscan.c:7389
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/18 01:09 upstream 6f3b6e91f720 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in f2fs_do_truncate_blocks
2025/10/17 14:55 upstream 98ac9cc4b445 e18aa505 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in f2fs_do_truncate_blocks
2025/10/07 23:03 upstream c746c3b51698 7e2882b3 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in f2fs_do_truncate_blocks
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.