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possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (4)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/07 05:01
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+1a921ddeed254c00100d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 10d, last: 6d21h
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[syzbot] [ext4?] possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (4) 2 (3) 2025/07/07 12:24
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) ext4 4 18 850d 1026d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/14 13:24
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) 4 1 466d 466d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/12 10:45
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 4 2 488d 493d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/20 13:51
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) ext4 4 5 320d 514d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/05 07:55
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode ext4 4 syz error error 38 2463d 2502d 15/29 fixed on 2020/05/22 17:31
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 2 733d 842d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/19 10:40
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 4 1 585d 585d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/15 02:58
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 2 834d 838d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/30 00:10

Sample crash report:
ext4 filesystem being mounted at /31/file0aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff)
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.5.282/7960 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807b0b8618 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
ffff88807b0b8618 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1795 [inline]
ffff88807b0b8618 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1978 [inline]
ffff88807b0b8618 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x2d6/0xee0 fs/ext4/inode.c:215

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805438cb98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1816 [inline]
ffff88805438cb98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2f3/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #5 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53
       percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:77 [inline]
       ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1804 [inline]
       ext4_writepages+0x1cc/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2952
       do_writepages+0x32b/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2636
       filemap_fdatawrite_wbc mm/filemap.c:386 [inline]
       __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:419 [inline]
       filemap_write_and_wait_range+0x217/0x310 mm/filemap.c:691
       ext4_collapse_range+0x2da/0x950 fs/ext4/extents.c:5426
       ext4_fallocate+0x58d/0xcd0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4786
       vfs_fallocate+0x6a3/0x830 fs/open.c:341
       ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:365 [inline]
       __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:370 [inline]
       __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:368 [inline]
       __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc0/0x110 fs/open.c:368
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #4 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1524
       filemap_invalidate_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:934 [inline]
       filemap_fault+0x546/0x1200 mm/filemap.c:3400
       __do_fault+0x138/0x390 mm/memory.c:5169
       do_read_fault mm/memory.c:5590 [inline]
       do_fault mm/memory.c:5724 [inline]
       do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:4251 [inline]
       handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6069 [inline]
       __handle_mm_fault+0x37ed/0x5620 mm/memory.c:6212
       handle_mm_fault+0x2d5/0x7f0 mm/memory.c:6381
       do_user_addr_fault+0x764/0x1390 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1387
       handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1476 [inline]
       exc_page_fault+0x76/0xf0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1532
       asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623
       fault_in_readable+0x8e/0x130 mm/gup.c:-1
       fault_in_iov_iter_readable+0x1b4/0x2f0 lib/iov_iter.c:94
       generic_perform_write+0x7cc/0x910 mm/filemap.c:4161
       ext4_buffered_write_iter+0xce/0x3a0 fs/ext4/file.c:299
       ext4_dio_write_iter fs/ext4/file.c:613 [inline]
       ext4_file_write_iter+0x182a/0x1bc0 fs/ext4/file.c:721
       do_iter_readv_writev+0x56e/0x7f0 fs/read_write.c:-1
       vfs_writev+0x31a/0x960 fs/read_write.c:1057
       do_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1153 [inline]
       __do_sys_pwritev2 fs/read_write.c:1211 [inline]
       __se_sys_pwritev2+0x179/0x290 fs/read_write.c:1202
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #3 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       __might_fault+0xcc/0x130 mm/memory.c:6971
       _inline_copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:192 [inline]
       _copy_to_user+0x2c/0xb0 lib/usercopy.c:26
       copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:225 [inline]
       fiemap_fill_next_extent+0x1c0/0x390 fs/ioctl.c:145
       ocfs2_fiemap+0x888/0xc90 fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c:806
       ioctl_fiemap fs/ioctl.c:220 [inline]
       do_vfs_ioctl+0x16d0/0x1990 fs/ioctl.c:841
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:905 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0x82/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #2 (&ocfs2_quota_ip_alloc_sem_key){++++}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       down_write+0x96/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1577
       ocfs2_create_local_dquot+0x19d/0x1a40 fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c:1227
       ocfs2_acquire_dquot+0x80f/0xb30 fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c:883
       dqget+0x7b1/0xf10 fs/quota/dquot.c:977
       __dquot_initialize+0x3b3/0xcb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1505
       ocfs2_get_init_inode+0x13b/0x1b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:202
       ocfs2_mknod+0x863/0x2050 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:310
       ocfs2_create+0x1a5/0x440 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:673
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3717 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3816 [inline]
       path_openat+0x14f1/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4052
       do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4082
       do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1437
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1452 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1468 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1463 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1463
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&dquot->dq_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:602 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       dquot_release+0x66/0x600 fs/quota/dquot.c:531
       ext4_release_dquot+0x3ee/0x6c0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h:-1
       quota_release_workfn+0x35f/0x610 fs/quota/dquot.c:840
       process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
       process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
       worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
       kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
       ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #0 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3168 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3287 [inline]
       validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3911
       __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5240
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53
       percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1795 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1978 [inline]
       ext4_evict_inode+0x2d6/0xee0 fs/ext4/inode.c:215
       evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
       ext4_ext_migrate+0xd23/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1402 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x1b1a/0x3510 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1626
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  sb_internal --> mapping.invalidate_lock#2 --> &sbi->s_writepages_rwsem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(mapping.invalidate_lock#2);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
  rlock(sb_internal);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.5.282/7960:
 #0: ffff88807b0b8428 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x60/0x200 fs/namespace.c:601
 #1: ffff88805c5b2a20 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:869 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805c5b2a20 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{4:4}, at: __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1401 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805c5b2a20 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_ioctl+0x1b12/0x3510 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1626
 #2: ffff88805438cb98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1816 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805438cb98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2f3/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7960 Comm: syz.5.282 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2ee/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2046
 check_noncircular+0x134/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2178
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3168 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3287 [inline]
 validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3911
 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5240
 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
 percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53
 percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
 __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1795 [inline]
 sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1978 [inline]
 ext4_evict_inode+0x2d6/0xee0 fs/ext4/inode.c:215
 evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
 ext4_ext_migrate+0xd23/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588
 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1402 [inline]
 ext4_ioctl+0x1b1a/0x3510 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1626
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fec7c18e929
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fec79ff6038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fec7c3b5fa0 RCX: 00007fec7c18e929
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006609 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fec7c210b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fec7c3b5fa0 R15: 00007ffc144475c8
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/07 00:49 upstream d7b8f8e20813 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/07/06 12:13 upstream 1f988d0788f5 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/07/03 04:50 upstream b4911fb0b060 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.