INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:50
Reported-by: syzbot+15bcc4d83155c68d6d31@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 13d, last: 13h34m
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (3) prio:low ext4 1 syz, C error 627 6h46m 632d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/23 20:42
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 31 3d10h 13d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 00:11
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (2) ext4 1 1 819d 819d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/19 05:35
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access ext4 1 1 1720d 1720d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:40
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 9 2d21h 16d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/01 18:31
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access origin:upstream 1 syz, C 48 13h38m 13d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:42

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:2:154 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:2    state:D stack:23680 pid:  154 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
 ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used+0x27d/0x14e0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:3885
 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x11ab/0x47c0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5806
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x17d1/0x63d0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4372
 ext4_map_blocks+0x97f/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:675
 mpage_map_one_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2410 [inline]
 mpage_map_and_submit_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2463 [inline]
 ext4_writepages+0x124a/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2831
 do_writepages+0x493/0x700 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
 writeback_sb_inodes+0xaaa/0x1750 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x12a/0x3f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2011
 wb_writeback+0x45e/0xbc0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2116
 wb_check_old_data_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 [inline]
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2269 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0xb15/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.62:4380 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.62        state:D stack:26704 pid: 4380 ppid:  4320 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x203/0x2e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5866
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x136/0x6c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6040
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xbf/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6077
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2c8/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2480
 generic_update_time+0x1cd/0x1f0 fs/inode.c:1881
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1894 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x3c0/0x440 fs/inode.c:2083
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1bc/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6195
 do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4328 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4396 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1e47/0x4440 mm/memory.c:4883
 do_user_addr_fault+0x494/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1355
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1443 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1496
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7f1f6092ea23
RSP: 002b:00007ffe369aa0b0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000003fde8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000001b32b24000 RSI: 0000000000040000 RDI: 00007f1f60ca3708
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffe369aa340
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
2 locks held by kworker/1:0/21:
 #0: ffff8880b913a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x25/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:475
 #1: ffff8880b9127888 (&per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu)->seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x517/0x810 kernel/sched/psi.c:891
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
6 locks held by kworker/u4:2/154:
 #0: ffff888018bf0138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002007d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff88807f0b40e0 (&type->s_umount_key#32){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super+0x1c/0xf0 fs/super.c:418
 #3: ffff88807f0b6c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x213/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691
 #4: ffff88807f0b8990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
 #5: ffff888074a6aa58 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x8c4/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:668
2 locks held by getty/3948:
 #0: ffff88802c7ca098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc90002d032e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
3 locks held by syz.0.62/4380:
 #0: ffff88807bd81628 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807bd81628 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
 #1: ffff88807f0b4558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807f0b4558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1910 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807f0b4558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6194
 #2: ffff88807f0b8990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
3 locks held by syz-executor/4383:
 #0: ffff88807f0b4460 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff8880749d8de8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:822 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880749d8de8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3843
 #2: ffff88807f0b8990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 3541 Comm: syslogd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0033:0x7f4b984fd0af
Code: 83 fa 08 73 46 83 fa 04 73 16 83 fa 01 7c 10 8a 0e 74 0a 0f b7 74 16 fe 66 89 74 17 fe 88 0f c3 8b 4c 16 fc 8b 36 89 4c 17 fc <89> 37 c3 c5 fa 6f 06 c5 fa 6f 4c 16 f0 c5 fa 7f 07 c5 fa 7f 4c 17
RSP: 002b:00007ffd1568c118 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 00007ffd1568c8b4 RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 000000006e72656b
RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 000000006e72656b RDI: 00007ffd1568c8b4
RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000073 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 00007f4b9851e8e0 R12: 00007ffd1568c650
R13: 00007f4b986271b2 R14: 00000000fffffffc R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007f4b982ddc80 GS:  0000000000000000

Crashes (34):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/17 03:14 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 17:01 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 09:13 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/09 18:23 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 16:54 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 16:16 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/18 02:27 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/17 13:33 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 905244d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/14 14:19 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 20:59 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 04:30 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 04:30 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 23:36 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 16:09 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 16:08 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 16:07 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 22:04 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 22:04 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 22:03 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 06:28 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 06:27 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 12:37 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 09:31 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 09:29 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 09:29 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 20:24 linux-5.15.y 9c7634c60784 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 16:47 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 16:47 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 21:09 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:38 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:36 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:36 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 00:53 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 22:49 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.