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possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/09 09:23
Reported-by: syzbot+ed8bb2474e55e323a784@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 173d, last: 1d08h
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data 4 180 23h07m 176d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/07 02:20
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data (2) ext4 4 C error 2822 3h14m 177d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/05 22:08
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data ext4 4 1 502d 498d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/25 12:07
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data origin:upstream 4 C 92 23h28m 181d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/01 09:40

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.7.3533/17677 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888053f70ad0 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
ffff888053f70ad0 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1922

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805dca2c18 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2717

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+0x44/0x1a0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
       ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2717
       do_writepages+0x3ba/0x640 mm/page-writeback.c:2491
       __writeback_single_inode+0x156/0x1160 fs/fs-writeback.c:1622
       writeback_single_inode+0x3cb/0x8e0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1743
       write_inode_now+0x17f/0x210 fs/fs-writeback.c:2786
       iput_final fs/inode.c:1821 [inline]
       iput+0x613/0x980 fs/inode.c:1860
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x273b/0x32b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2146
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2611 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2686 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x120b/0x1dc0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2774
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6003
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6046 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x47f/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:6124
       ext4_evict_inode+0xa7f/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:281
       evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbeb/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5574 [inline]
       ext4_fill_super+0x6ee3/0x78c0 fs/ext4/super.c:5693
       get_tree_bdev+0x3f1/0x610 fs/super.c:1366
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1573
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3078
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3606
       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 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
       lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
       down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
       ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1922
       ext4_writepages+0x670/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2763
       do_writepages+0x3ba/0x640 mm/page-writeback.c:2491
       filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x11e/0x180 mm/filemap.c:388
       __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:421 [inline]
       file_write_and_wait_range+0x159/0x230 mm/filemap.c:774
       ext4_sync_file+0x23b/0xca0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:151
       generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2962 [inline]
       ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x2f6/0x390 fs/ext4/file.c:292
       ext4_file_write_iter+0x1cf/0x1710 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
       do_iter_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
       do_iter_write+0x642/0xb10 fs/read_write.c:861
       vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:934 [inline]
       do_pwritev+0x23d/0x3a0 fs/read_write.c:1031
       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:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(&ei->xattr_sem);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
  lock(&ei->xattr_sem);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.7.3533/17677:
 #0: ffff88805dca4460 (sb_writers#4){++++}-{0:0}, at: vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:933 [inline]
 #0: ffff88805dca4460 (sb_writers#4){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_pwritev+0x226/0x3a0 fs/read_write.c:1031
 #1: ffff88805dca2c18 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2717

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 17677 Comm: syz.7.3533 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
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:3090 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:158 [inline]
 ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1922
 ext4_writepages+0x670/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2763
 do_writepages+0x3ba/0x640 mm/page-writeback.c:2491
 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x11e/0x180 mm/filemap.c:388
 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:421 [inline]
 file_write_and_wait_range+0x159/0x230 mm/filemap.c:774
 ext4_sync_file+0x23b/0xca0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:151
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2962 [inline]
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x2f6/0x390 fs/ext4/file.c:292
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x1cf/0x1710 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 do_iter_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
 do_iter_write+0x642/0xb10 fs/read_write.c:861
 vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:934 [inline]
 do_pwritev+0x23d/0x3a0 fs/read_write.c:1031
 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: 0033:0x7f16da99cdd9
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:00007f16db7f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000148
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f16dac15fa0 RCX: 00007f16da99cdd9
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000100 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f16daa32d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000002
R10: 0000000000005405 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f16dac16038 R14: 00007f16dac15fa0 R15: 00007ffdfe6f9c18
 </TASK>

Crashes (188):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/30 21:48 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a7464baf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/28 05:07 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/27 17:29 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/27 16:14 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/27 00:50 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/26 08:06 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/25 20:48 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/23 09:45 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/23 08:19 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/21 21:30 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/19 12:41 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/17 07:49 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/16 21:25 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/15 09:41 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/15 09:37 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/12 10:54 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/10 02:39 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/08 19:57 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 d9b7f621 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/06 22:26 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/06 18:14 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/06 16:38 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2025/11/09 09:22 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/28 22:48 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/28 06:19 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/27 14:49 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/27 07:22 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/26 14:01 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/26 11:58 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/26 05:57 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/26 01:19 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/25 14:59 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/25 12:40 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/25 11:00 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/25 08:28 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/25 03:31 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/24 08:08 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9cfb3ca7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/23 03:22 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/22 01:37 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/21 11:24 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/20 03:59 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/18 00:49 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/17 03:48 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/15 05:54 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/14 06:47 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/12 09:47 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/11 01:32 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/10 19:53 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/10 15:11 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
2026/04/10 08:43 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_destroy_inline_data
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.