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possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/15 09:03
Subsystems: kernfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+47c7d1a51f51d13f5723@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 26d, last: 26d
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[syzbot] [kernfs?] possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite (3) 0 (1) 2025/06/15 09:03
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite (2) dri 5 159d 219d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/09 03:36
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite origin:upstream missing-backport C done 12 137d 800d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/29 03:26
upstream possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite reiserfs C error done 114 524d 938d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/09 15:57
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite missing-backport origin:upstream C done 13 18h18m 757d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/12 00:09

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00004-gaef17cb3d3c4 #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.516/10641 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888027744520 (sb_pagefaults#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_page_mkwrite+0x14a/0x310 mm/memory.c:3378

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88801b2fd188 (&root->kernfs_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_readdir+0x264/0x870 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1893

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #4 (&root->kernfs_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       down_write+0x96/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1577
       kernfs_add_one+0x41/0x520 fs/kernfs/dir.c:791
       kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xde/0x130 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1093
       sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x123/0x280 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
       create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
       kobject_add_internal+0x59f/0xb40 lib/kobject.c:240
       kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
       kobject_init_and_add+0x125/0x190 lib/kobject.c:457
       btrfs_sysfs_add_qgroups+0x111/0x2b0 fs/btrfs/sysfs.c:2635
       btrfs_quota_enable+0x278/0x1d50 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1030
       btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x183/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3673
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/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

-> #3 (&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_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
       btrfs_quota_enable+0x2be/0x1d50 fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:1059
       btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl+0x183/0x1c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:3673
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/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 (btrfs_trans_num_extwriters){++++}-{0:0}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
       join_transaction+0x1a4/0xd70 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:321
       start_transaction+0x6b6/0x1620 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:705
       btrfs_rebuild_free_space_tree+0xb1/0x4e0 fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c:1333
       btrfs_start_pre_rw_mount+0xd76/0x1180 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3077
       open_ctree+0x2078/0x2800 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c:3617
       btrfs_fill_super+0x19d/0x2e0 fs/btrfs/super.c:968
       btrfs_get_tree_super fs/btrfs/super.c:1893 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree+0x107c/0x1630 fs/btrfs/super.c:2088
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1802
       fc_mount+0x1c/0xb0 fs/namespace.c:1290
       btrfs_get_tree_subvol fs/btrfs/super.c:2046 [inline]
       btrfs_get_tree+0x67d/0x1630 fs/btrfs/super.c:2089
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1802
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3885
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4222 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4433 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x317/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4410
       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 (btrfs_trans_num_writers){++++}-{0:0}:
       reacquire_held_locks+0x127/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5388
       __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5577 [inline]
       lock_release+0x1b4/0x3e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5892
       percpu_up_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:112 [inline]
       __sb_end_write include/linux/fs.h:1788 [inline]
       sb_end_intwrite+0x26/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:1905
       __btrfs_end_transaction+0x248/0x640 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:1076
       btrfs_dirty_inode+0x14c/0x190 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6239
       inode_update_time fs/inode.c:2076 [inline]
       __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2305 [inline]
       file_update_time+0x347/0x490 fs/inode.c:2335
       btrfs_page_mkwrite+0x572/0x18b0 fs/btrfs/file.c:1870
       do_page_mkwrite+0x14a/0x310 mm/memory.c:3378
       do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:5686 [inline]
       do_fault mm/memory.c:5748 [inline]
       do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:4251 [inline]
       handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6089 [inline]
       __handle_mm_fault+0x1a60/0x5620 mm/memory.c:6232
       handle_mm_fault+0x2d5/0x7f0 mm/memory.c:6401
       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

-> #0 (sb_pagefaults#2){.+.+}-{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 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:1793 [inline]
       sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1958 [inline]
       btrfs_page_mkwrite+0x308/0x18b0 fs/btrfs/file.c:1852
       do_page_mkwrite+0x14a/0x310 mm/memory.c:3378
       wp_page_shared mm/memory.c:3779 [inline]
       do_wp_page+0x268d/0x5800 mm/memory.c:3998
       handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6105 [inline]
       __handle_mm_fault+0x1144/0x5620 mm/memory.c:6232
       handle_mm_fault+0x2d5/0x7f0 mm/memory.c:6401
       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
       filldir64+0x2b2/0x690 fs/readdir.c:-1
       dir_emit include/linux/fs.h:3915 [inline]
       kernfs_fop_readdir+0x537/0x870 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1910
       iterate_dir+0x5af/0x770 fs/readdir.c:108
       __do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:410 [inline]
       __se_sys_getdents64+0xe4/0x260 fs/readdir.c:396
       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_pagefaults#2 --> &fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock --> &root->kernfs_rwsem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  rlock(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
                               lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
                               lock(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
  rlock(sb_pagefaults#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

4 locks held by syz.0.516/10641:
 #0: ffff8880318837b8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x247/0x320 fs/file.c:1213
 #1: ffff88805bb8cb58 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#6){++++}-{4:4}, at: iterate_dir+0x49f/0x770 fs/readdir.c:101
 #2: ffff88801b2fd188 (&root->kernfs_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_readdir+0x264/0x870 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1893
 #3: ffff88801a473660 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:431 [inline]
 #3: ffff88801a473660 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/mmap_lock.c:188 [inline]
 #3: ffff88801a473660 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x300 mm/mmap_lock.c:248

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10641 Comm: syz.0.516 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00004-gaef17cb3d3c4 #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 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:1793 [inline]
 sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1958 [inline]
 btrfs_page_mkwrite+0x308/0x18b0 fs/btrfs/file.c:1852
 do_page_mkwrite+0x14a/0x310 mm/memory.c:3378
 wp_page_shared mm/memory.c:3779 [inline]
 do_wp_page+0x268d/0x5800 mm/memory.c:3998
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6105 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault+0x1144/0x5620 mm/memory.c:6232
 handle_mm_fault+0x2d5/0x7f0 mm/memory.c:6401
 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
RIP: 0010:filldir64+0x2b2/0x690 fs/readdir.c:378
Code: e7 0f 82 5b 02 00 00 49 39 ef 0f 87 52 02 00 00 0f 01 cb 0f ae e8 48 8b 44 24 50 49 89 44 24 08 48 8b 4c 24 08 48 8b 44 24 58 <48> 89 01 48 8b 04 24 8b 54 24 14 49 bc 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 66
RSP: 0000:ffffc90005267c50 EFLAGS: 00050283
RAX: 000000000000008b RBX: ffffc90005267e38 RCX: 0000200000004000
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000003fd8 RDI: 0000200000004020
RBP: 00007ffffffff000 R08: ffff88802c1a1e07 R09: 1ffff110058343c0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10058343c1 R12: 0000200000003fd8
R13: ffff8880270adbe0 R14: 000000000000000b R15: 0000200000004020
 dir_emit include/linux/fs.h:3915 [inline]
 kernfs_fop_readdir+0x537/0x870 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1910
 iterate_dir+0x5af/0x770 fs/readdir.c:108
 __do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:410 [inline]
 __se_sys_getdents64+0xe4/0x260 fs/readdir.c:396
 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: 0033:0x7f5163b8e929
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:00007f51649b8038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000d9
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5163db6080 RCX: 00007f5163b8e929
RDX: 0000000000001010 RSI: 0000200000003fc0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f5163c10b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f5163db6080 R15: 00007ffe6998fd08
 </TASK>
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess), 1 bytes skipped:
   0:	0f 82 5b 02 00 00    	jb     0x261
   6:	49 39 ef             	cmp    %rbp,%r15
   9:	0f 87 52 02 00 00    	ja     0x261
   f:	0f 01 cb             	stac
  12:	0f ae e8             	lfence
  15:	48 8b 44 24 50       	mov    0x50(%rsp),%rax
  1a:	49 89 44 24 08       	mov    %rax,0x8(%r12)
  1f:	48 8b 4c 24 08       	mov    0x8(%rsp),%rcx
  24:	48 8b 44 24 58       	mov    0x58(%rsp),%rax
* 29:	48 89 01             	mov    %rax,(%rcx) <-- trapping instruction
  2c:	48 8b 04 24          	mov    (%rsp),%rax
  30:	8b 54 24 14          	mov    0x14(%rsp),%edx
  34:	49 bc 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%r12
  3b:	fc ff df
  3e:	66                   	data16

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/11 08:56 upstream aef17cb3d3c4 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite
2025/06/11 08:56 upstream aef17cb3d3c4 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in do_page_mkwrite
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.