possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/23 12:37
Reported-by: syzbot+a23565fe695ce2cb9a77@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 16d, last: 13h36m
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink 4 8 4d09h 8d21h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 10:33
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink ocfs2 prio:high 4 9 8h53m 10d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/07/30 00:10
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink 4 10 2d16h 11d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/07/29 06:41

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.372/5837 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807056bf60 (&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_reflink+0x4cb/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4276

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88807056bff8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_reflink+0x4bc/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4275

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_init_acl+0x307/0x770 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:365
       ocfs2_mknod+0x18e0/0x2580 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:410
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x1b6/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x386/0x570 fs/namei.c:4114
       do_mkdirat+0x1d8/0x440 fs/namei.c:4139
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4154 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4152 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4152
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #2 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a4/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:374
       ocfs2_block_group_alloc fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:703 [inline]
       ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x7dd/0x4810 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:850
       ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks+0x412/0x9a0 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1000
       ocfs2_expand_inline_dir fs/ocfs2/dir.c:2838 [inline]
       ocfs2_extend_dir+0xd70/0x4c40 fs/ocfs2/dir.c:3200
       ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert+0x3217/0x5600 fs/ocfs2/dir.c:4321
       ocfs2_mknod+0xb46/0x2580 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:294
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x1b6/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x386/0x570 fs/namei.c:4114
       do_mkdirat+0x1d8/0x440 fs/namei.c:4139
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4154 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4152 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4152
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (sb_internal#3){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5390 [inline]
       lock_release+0x347/0x920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5696
       up_write+0x29/0x410 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
       inode_unlock include/linux/fs.h:763 [inline]
       ocfs2_free_ac_resource fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:126 [inline]
       ocfs2_free_alloc_context+0x93/0x1a0 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:140
       ocfs2_write_begin_nolock+0x4504/0x4590 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:1827
       ocfs2_write_begin+0x1b7/0x310 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:1906
       generic_perform_write+0x2fa/0x5c0 mm/filemap.c:3862
       __generic_file_write_iter+0x148/0x2a0 mm/filemap.c:3960
       ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x1731/0x1fc0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2469
       call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x482/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:584
       ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key){++++}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3095 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3214 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3830 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2d18/0x7c40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5063
       lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5676
       down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       ocfs2_reflink+0x4cb/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4276
       ocfs2_vfs_reflink+0x333/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4403
       ocfs2_reflink_ioctl+0x39c/0x440 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4443
       ocfs2_ioctl+0x584/0x7c0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:913
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/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_file_ip_alloc_sem_key --> &journal->j_trans_barrier --> &oi->ip_xattr_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
                               lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
                               lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
  lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

4 locks held by syz.0.372/5837:
 #0: ffff88807eecc460 (sb_writers#16){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:402
 #1: ffff888054b93488 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#9/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:793 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054b93488 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#9/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3884
 #2: ffff88807056c2c8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 #2: ffff88807056c2c8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_vfs_reflink+0x2f3/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4400
 #3: ffff88807056bff8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_reflink+0x4bc/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4275

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 5837 Comm: syz.0.372 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2170
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3095 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3214 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3830 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2d18/0x7c40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5063
 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5676
 down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 ocfs2_reflink+0x4cb/0x920 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4276
 ocfs2_vfs_reflink+0x333/0x450 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4403
 ocfs2_reflink_ioctl+0x39c/0x440 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4443
 ocfs2_ioctl+0x584/0x7c0 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:913
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f9609b9e019
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:00007f960aac7028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9609e25fa0 RCX: 00007f9609b9e019
RDX: 00002000000001c0 RSI: 0000000040186f04 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f9609c3500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f9609e26038 R14: 00007f9609e25fa0 R15: 00007ffcce7a6708
 </TASK>

Crashes (37):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/03 16:47 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/01 00:51 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/30 18:52 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/30 18:52 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/30 08:18 linux-6.1.y 1016ca6176ee 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/27 12:24 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/27 12:23 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/26 04:17 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/08 18:18 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/08 14:39 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/08 13:16 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/07 14:43 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/07 12:13 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/07 08:51 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/04 19:48 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/04 19:48 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/04 19:27 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/04 19:25 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/03 23:45 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/03 12:55 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/03 12:55 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/02 19:59 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/02 19:54 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/01 05:51 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/08/01 05:51 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/31 17:44 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/31 06:42 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/31 06:03 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/31 06:00 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/29 13:22 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/29 06:48 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/29 02:27 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/28 03:55 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/26 00:17 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/25 19:53 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/25 19:46 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
2026/07/23 12:36 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_reflink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.