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possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (5)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/05 11:40
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+212e8f62790f8e0bc63b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 109d, last: 5h14m
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [ext4?] possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (5) 0 (2) 2025/12/21 10:00
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) ext4 4 18 1070d 1246d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/14 13:24
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (4) 4 21 17h39m 87d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/22 18:47
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) 4 1 686d 686d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/12 10:45
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (4) ext4 4 3 226d 226d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/15 00:50
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (2) 4 2 708d 712d 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 540d 733d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/05 07:55
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode (3) 4 20 2d18h 84d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/26 09:11
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode ext4 4 syz error error 38 2683d 2721d 15/29 fixed on 2020/05/22 17:31
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 2 953d 1062d 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 805d 805d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/15 02:58
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 12 6d15h 103d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/11/07 03:25
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode 4 2 1054d 1058d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/30 00:10

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.4.192/6440 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807d9c8610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
ffff88807d9c8610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
ffff88807d9c8610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
ffff88807d9c8610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802a6a8b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1832 [inline]
ffff88802a6a8b98 (&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:

-> #1 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       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:1820 [inline]
       ext4_writepages+0x1ca/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:3025
       do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2598
       __writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1737
       writeback_single_inode+0x493/0xc70 fs/fs-writeback.c:1858
       write_inode_now+0x160/0x1d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2924
       iput_final fs/inode.c:1941 [inline]
       iput+0xa77/0x1030 fs/inode.c:2003
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x1fce/0x2ac0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2203
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2668 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2743 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12da/0x1ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2831
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x30d/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:6349
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6392 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45c/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470
       ext4_evict_inode+0x79c/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:253
       evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xc20/0x1460 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5658 [inline]
       ext4_fill_super+0x58a1/0x6160 fs/ext4/super.c:5777
       get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1691
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1751
       fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline]
       do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline]
       do_new_mount+0x302/0xa10 fs/namespace.c:3712
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x313/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4201
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       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/super.h:19 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
       ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214
       evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
       ext4_ext_migrate+0xd23/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1688 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x204a/0x4760 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1917
       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/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(sb_internal);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
  rlock(sb_internal);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.4.192/6440:
 #0: ffff88807d9c8420 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x60/0x200 fs/namespace.c:543
 #1: ffff88805fc0b400 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1028 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805fc0b400 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){++++}-{4:4}, at: __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1687 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805fc0b400 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_ioctl+0x2042/0x4760 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1917
 #2: ffff88802a6a8b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1832 [inline]
 #2: ffff88802a6a8b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x2f3/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6440 Comm: syz.4.192 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 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 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x117/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 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/super.h:19 [inline]
 sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
 ext4_evict_inode+0x26f/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214
 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
 ext4_ext_migrate+0xd23/0x1010 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588
 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1688 [inline]
 ext4_ioctl+0x204a/0x4760 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1917
 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/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f273d38f749
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:00007ffcc40d3ab8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f273d5e5fa0 RCX: 00007f273d38f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006609 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f273d413f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f273d5e5fa0 R14: 00007f273d5e5fa0 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>

Crashes (246):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/21 09:59 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1 (corrupt fs)] [mounted in repro #2 (clean fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/18 08:36 upstream d295082ea672 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/17 16:21 upstream 970296997869 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/16 15:03 upstream 0f2acd3148e0 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/16 01:27 upstream bb7a3fc2c976 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/15 17:09 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/15 11:52 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/15 10:21 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/15 03:10 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/14 17:37 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/13 21:43 upstream cd7a5651db26 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/10 21:09 upstream 72c395024dac 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/09 19:20 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/09 05:00 upstream e98f34af6116 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/08 17:08 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/08 12:26 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/06 09:45 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d f03c4191 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/05 03:35 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/05 00:48 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/04 10:47 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/03 20:08 upstream 6bd9ed02871f 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/31 02:12 upstream 4d310797262f e01a0ca6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/30 16:10 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/29 03:42 upstream 8dfce8991b95 b78a7341 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/22 19:28 upstream a66191c590b3 2367ed1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/20 07:31 upstream 24d479d26b25 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/20 05:11 upstream 24d479d26b25 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/19 18:28 upstream 24d479d26b25 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/15 14:09 upstream 944aacb68baf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/04 13:22 upstream 8bb886cb8f3a 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2025/11/01 11:37 upstream ba36dd5ee6fd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/16 12:29 linux-next 635c467cc14e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/16 08:57 linux-next 635c467cc14e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/16 04:39 linux-next 635c467cc14e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/15 06:13 linux-next 635c467cc14e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/11 15:16 linux-next fd9678829d6d 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/09 03:38 linux-next 9845cf73f7db 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/02/01 03:35 linux-next 4c87cdd03284 35764559 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/29 20:08 linux-next 33a647c659ff aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/25 20:54 linux-next ca3a02fda4da 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/19 20:30 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/19 16:51 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/19 08:45 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/19 04:49 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/18 18:06 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/18 06:49 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/17 22:58 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/17 10:00 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/16 11:22 linux-next 9b7977f9e39b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/15 21:30 linux-next 9b7977f9e39b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
2026/01/15 19:39 linux-next 9b7977f9e39b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ext4_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.