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possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/30 07:52
Reported-by: syzbot+6392dfabb8ba3dbf7e27@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 237d, last: 12d
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode ocfs2 4 2056 4h42m 552d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/08/18 23:22
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode 4 1 346d 346d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/21 00:58

Sample crash report:
ocfs2: Slot 0 on device (7,3) was already allocated to this node!
JBD2: Ignoring recovery information on journal
ocfs2: Mounting device (7,3) on (node local, slot 0) with ordered data mode.
overlayfs: upper fs does not support tmpfile.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.3.2996/18812 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880769d5f58 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
ffff8880769d5f58 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:655 [inline]
ffff8880769d5f58 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:818 [inline]
ffff8880769d5f58 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
ffff8880769d5f58 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1d84/0x41e0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1219

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:776 [inline]
ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0x2d24/0x41e0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1219

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
       ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan+0x12f/0x7a0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:2716
       ocfs2_dio_end_io_write fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2333 [inline]
       ocfs2_dio_end_io+0x546/0x1200 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2431
       dio_complete+0x254/0x710 fs/direct-io.c:282
       __blockdev_direct_IO+0x2ea8/0x3500 fs/direct-io.c:1308
       ocfs2_direct_IO+0x235/0x2a0 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2468
       generic_file_direct_write+0x1d4/0x3e0 mm/filemap.c:3956
       __generic_file_write_iter+0x11b/0x230 mm/filemap.c:4112
       ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x167a/0x1e80 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2468
       do_iter_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
       do_iter_write+0x738/0xc30 fs/read_write.c:860
       iter_file_splice_write+0x6a3/0xcb0 fs/splice.c:736
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:933 [inline]
       direct_splice_actor+0xe8/0x130 fs/splice.c:1142
       splice_direct_to_actor+0x304/0x8c0 fs/splice.c:1088
       do_splice_direct+0x1d5/0x2f0 fs/splice.c:1194
       do_sendfile+0x5f2/0xef0 fs/read_write.c:1254
       __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendfile64+0x145/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1308
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #2 (&ocfs2_quota_ip_alloc_sem_key){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       ocfs2_create_local_dquot+0x1a9/0x18f0 fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c:1224
       ocfs2_acquire_dquot+0x7f1/0xb10 fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c:871
       dqget+0x77c/0xeb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:990
       __dquot_initialize+0x3c7/0xcd0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1518
       ocfs2_get_init_inode+0x148/0x1c0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:202
       ocfs2_mknod+0x867/0x2300 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:310
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x196/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x296/0x440 fs/namei.c:4121
       do_mkdirat+0x1dc/0x450 fs/namei.c:4144
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4159 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4157 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x89/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4157
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (&dquot->dq_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x136/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       wait_on_dquot fs/quota/dquot.c:358 [inline]
       dqget+0x6fc/0xeb0 fs/quota/dquot.c:985
       __dquot_initialize+0x3c7/0xcd0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1518
       ocfs2_get_init_inode+0x148/0x1c0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:202
       ocfs2_mknod+0x867/0x2300 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:310
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x196/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x296/0x440 fs/namei.c:4121
       do_mkdirat+0x1dc/0x450 fs/namei.c:4144
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4159 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4157 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x89/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4157
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
       ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:655 [inline]
       ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:818 [inline]
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1d84/0x41e0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1219
       evict+0x4ca/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24e/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:418
       __dentry_kill+0x431/0x650 fs/dcache.c:611
       dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
       dput+0xfe/0x1e0 fs/dcache.c:918
       ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:652 [inline]
       ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:751 [inline]
       ovl_get_workdir+0xb02/0x17c0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:874
       ovl_fill_super+0x13ff/0x3620 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1427
       vfs_get_super fs/super.c:1346 [inline]
       get_tree_nodev+0xb5/0x140 fs/super.c:1365
       vfs_get_tree+0x8c/0x280 fs/super.c:1764
       do_new_mount+0x24b/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3386
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e7/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3912
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2 --> &ocfs2_quota_ip_alloc_sem_key --> &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]);
                               lock(&ocfs2_quota_ip_alloc_sem_key);
                               lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

5 locks held by syz.3.2996/18812:
 #0: ffff8880548220e0 (&type->s_umount_key#77/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: alloc_super+0x1fa/0x920 fs/super.c:352
 #1: ffff88802ecf8418 (sb_writers#19){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:412
 #2: ffff8880769d5118 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#40/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:839 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880769d5118 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#40/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:614 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880769d5118 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#40/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:751 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880769d5118 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#40/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ovl_get_workdir+0x6ce/0x17c0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:874
 #3: ffff88805de84bd0 (&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock+0x107/0x270 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:2876
 #4: ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #4: ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:776 [inline]
 #4: ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
 #4: ffff8880542042d8 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0x2d24/0x41e0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1219

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 18812 Comm: syz.3.2996 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:655 [inline]
 ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:818 [inline]
 ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1079 [inline]
 ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1d84/0x41e0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1219
 evict+0x4ca/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24e/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:418
 __dentry_kill+0x431/0x650 fs/dcache.c:611
 dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0xfe/0x1e0 fs/dcache.c:918
 ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:652 [inline]
 ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:751 [inline]
 ovl_get_workdir+0xb02/0x17c0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:874
 ovl_fill_super+0x13ff/0x3620 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1427
 vfs_get_super fs/super.c:1346 [inline]
 get_tree_nodev+0xb5/0x140 fs/super.c:1365
 vfs_get_tree+0x8c/0x280 fs/super.c:1764
 do_new_mount+0x24b/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3386
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e7/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3912
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f21f7b9af79
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f21f89de028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f21f7e15fa0 RCX: 00007f21f7b9af79
RDX: 0000200000000b80 RSI: 0000200000000580 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f21f7c316e0 R08: 00002000000001c0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000004008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f21f7e16038 R14: 00007f21f7e15fa0 R15: 00007ffd38343058
 </TASK>
overlayfs: upper fs does not support RENAME_WHITEOUT.
overlayfs: failed to set xattr on upper
overlayfs: ...falling back to redirect_dir=nofollow.
overlayfs: ...falling back to index=off.
overlayfs: ...falling back to uuid=null.
overlayfs: upper fs missing required features.

Crashes (17):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/10 08:35 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/02/10 08:34 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/02/03 19:10 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/02/02 12:34 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/01/29 21:17 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/01/16 12:46 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2026/01/03 10:20 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/12/29 06:18 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/12/21 09:20 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/12/12 14:29 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/11/28 03:09 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/09/19 01:26 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/08/22 17:21 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/08/19 03:30 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/07/19 03:10 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/07/03 21:28 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
2025/06/30 07:52 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.