====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ syz.0.2091/14010 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88805546ba98 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#3){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1042 [inline] ffff88805546ba98 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#3){++++}-{4:4}, at: lookup_slow+0x42/0x70 fs/namei.c:1882 but task is already holding lock: ffff888036776088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x28f/0x570 fs/kernfs/file.c:343 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #4 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1aa/0x1ca0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 kernfs_seq_start+0x4f/0x2a0 fs/kernfs/file.c:172 seq_read_iter+0x2c1/0x12d0 fs/seq_file.c:225 kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x46c/0x610 fs/kernfs/file.c:297 copy_splice_read+0x618/0xc20 fs/splice.c:363 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:982 [inline] do_splice_read+0x285/0x370 fs/splice.c:956 splice_direct_to_actor+0x2a1/0xa30 fs/splice.c:1086 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1204 [inline] do_splice_direct+0x174/0x240 fs/splice.c:1230 do_sendfile+0xb06/0xe50 fs/read_write.c:1370 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline] __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1417 [inline] __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x1d8/0x220 fs/read_write.c:1417 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #3 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1aa/0x1ca0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 seq_read_iter+0xe1/0x12d0 fs/seq_file.c:182 kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x46c/0x610 fs/kernfs/file.c:297 copy_splice_read+0x618/0xc20 fs/splice.c:363 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:982 [inline] do_splice_read+0x285/0x370 fs/splice.c:956 splice_file_to_pipe+0x109/0x120 fs/splice.c:1292 do_sendfile+0x400/0xe50 fs/read_write.c:1376 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline] __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1417 [inline] __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x1d8/0x220 fs/read_write.c:1417 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #2 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1aa/0x1ca0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:91 [inline] pipe_lock+0x64/0x80 fs/pipe.c:88 iter_file_splice_write+0x1ea/0x12b0 fs/splice.c:683 backing_file_splice_write+0x27f/0x880 fs/backing-file.c:314 ovl_splice_write+0x38d/0x6c0 fs/overlayfs/file.c:432 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline] do_splice+0x1478/0x1fc0 fs/splice.c:1351 __do_splice+0x32a/0x360 fs/splice.c:1433 __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1636 [inline] __se_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1618 [inline] __x64_sys_splice+0x187/0x250 fs/splice.c:1618 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #1 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}: 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/super.h:19 [inline] sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:125 [inline] mnt_want_write+0x6f/0x450 fs/namespace.c:499 ovl_create_object+0x12b/0x3b0 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:691 lookup_open.isra.0+0x12dc/0x1780 fs/namei.c:4449 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4549 [inline] path_openat+0xa95/0x3140 fs/namei.c:4793 do_filp_open+0x20b/0x470 fs/namei.c:4823 do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x290 fs/open.c:1430 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline] __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1444 [inline] __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1440 [inline] __x64_sys_open+0x153/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1440 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #0 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#3){++++}-{4:4}: 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+0x1669/0x2890 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline] lock_acquire+0x179/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825 down_read+0x9b/0x460 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1042 [inline] lookup_slow+0x42/0x70 fs/namei.c:1882 walk_component fs/namei.c:2229 [inline] lookup_last fs/namei.c:2730 [inline] path_lookupat+0x5e9/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2754 filename_lookup+0x224/0x5f0 fs/namei.c:2783 kern_path+0x35/0x50 fs/namei.c:2996 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x280 block/bdev.c:1222 resume_store+0x1d6/0x490 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1306 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:840 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:142 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3af/0x570 fs/kernfs/file.c:352 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x7d3/0x11d0 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 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: &ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#3 --> &p->lock --> &of->mutex Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&of->mutex); lock(&p->lock); lock(&of->mutex); rlock(&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#3); *** DEADLOCK *** 4 locks held by syz.0.2091/14010: #0: ffff8880792d7eb8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2a2/0x370 fs/file.c:1255 #1: ffff888034952420 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 #2: ffff888036776088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x28f/0x570 fs/kernfs/file.c:343 #3: ffff888140e9d4b8 (kn->active#60){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:80 [inline] #3: ffff888140e9d4b8 (kn->active#60){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2ff/0x570 fs/kernfs/file.c:344 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14010 Comm: syz.0.2091 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_circular_bug+0x275/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 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+0x1669/0x2890 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline] lock_acquire+0x179/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825 down_read+0x9b/0x460 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1042 [inline] lookup_slow+0x42/0x70 fs/namei.c:1882 walk_component fs/namei.c:2229 [inline] lookup_last fs/namei.c:2730 [inline] path_lookupat+0x5e9/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2754 filename_lookup+0x224/0x5f0 fs/namei.c:2783 kern_path+0x35/0x50 fs/namei.c:2996 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x280 block/bdev.c:1222 resume_store+0x1d6/0x490 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1306 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:840 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:142 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3af/0x570 fs/kernfs/file.c:352 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x7d3/0x11d0 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f699a78f749 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:00007f699b5b7038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f699a9e6090 RCX: 00007f699a78f749 RDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: 0000000000000008 RBP: 00007f699a813f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f699a9e6128 R14: 00007f699a9e6090 R15: 00007ffd9a7b27b8 md: async del_gendisk mode will be removed in future, please upgrade to mdadm-4.5+ block device autoloading is deprecated and will be removed. PM: Image not found (code -5)