EXT4-fs error (device loop5): ext4_dirty_inode:6054: inode #15: comm syz.5.323: mark_inode_dirty error ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.5.323/6401 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888062af28a8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:155 [inline] ffff888062af28a8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1890 but task is already holding lock: ffff88801f196bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x1c0/0x2d20 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689 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+0x46/0x1b0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 ext4_writepages+0x1c0/0x2d20 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689 do_writepages+0x48d/0x6d0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657 writeback_single_inode+0x221/0x8b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1770 write_inode_now+0x217/0x280 fs/fs-writeback.c:2811 iput_final fs/inode.c:1756 [inline] iput+0x5ab/0x8a0 fs/inode.c:1795 ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x10ff/0x3d30 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1837 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x4f7/0x2d30 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1936 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2633 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2708 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xf4b/0x19a0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2800 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5901 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5944 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x469/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6022 ext4_evict_inode+0xa81/0x1080 fs/ext4/inode.c:282 evict+0x485/0x870 fs/inode.c:647 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xaa9/0x12e0 fs/ext4/orphan.c:470 ext4_fill_super+0x92f0/0x9a60 fs/ext4/super.c:4975 mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400 legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530 do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x2d6/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3562 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0 -> #0 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}: check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x2c33/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012 lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551 ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:155 [inline] ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1890 ext4_writepages+0x5df/0x2d20 fs/ext4/inode.c:2735 do_writepages+0x48d/0x6d0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x1eb/0x240 mm/filemap.c:400 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:433 [inline] __filemap_fdatawrite mm/filemap.c:439 [inline] filemap_flush+0xb3/0x100 mm/filemap.c:466 ext4_convert_inline_data+0x17d/0x5d0 fs/ext4/inline.c:2066 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1d7/0x1240 fs/ext4/inode.c:6176 do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4328 [inline] do_fault mm/memory.c:4396 [inline] handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline] __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline] handle_mm_fault+0x1d48/0x43b0 mm/memory.c:4883 faultin_page mm/gup.c:976 [inline] __get_user_pages+0x93e/0x11c0 mm/gup.c:1197 faultin_vma_page_range+0x1e0/0x260 mm/gup.c:1590 madvise_populate mm/madvise.c:856 [inline] madvise_vma mm/madvise.c:1004 [inline] do_madvise+0x9dc/0x2b60 mm/madvise.c:1207 __do_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:1233 [inline] __se_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:1231 [inline] __x64_sys_madvise+0xa2/0xb0 mm/madvise.c:1231 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0 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 *** 4 locks held by syz.5.323/6401: #0: ffff88807c5b8f28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117 [inline] #0: ffff88807c5b8f28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_madvise+0x352/0x2b60 mm/madvise.c:1174 #1: ffff88801f194558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline] #1: ffff88801f194558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1910 [inline] #1: ffff88801f194558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x19d/0x1240 fs/ext4/inode.c:6171 #2: ffff888062af2d70 (mapping.invalidate_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: filemap_invalidate_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:842 [inline] #2: ffff888062af2d70 (mapping.invalidate_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1ca/0x1240 fs/ext4/inode.c:6174 #3: ffff88801f196bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x1c0/0x2d20 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 6401 Comm: syz.5.323 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106 check_noncircular+0x274/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x2c33/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012 lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551 ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:155 [inline] ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1890 ext4_writepages+0x5df/0x2d20 fs/ext4/inode.c:2735 do_writepages+0x48d/0x6d0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x1eb/0x240 mm/filemap.c:400 __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:433 [inline] __filemap_fdatawrite mm/filemap.c:439 [inline] filemap_flush+0xb3/0x100 mm/filemap.c:466 ext4_convert_inline_data+0x17d/0x5d0 fs/ext4/inline.c:2066 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1d7/0x1240 fs/ext4/inode.c:6176 do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4328 [inline] do_fault mm/memory.c:4396 [inline] handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline] __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline] handle_mm_fault+0x1d48/0x43b0 mm/memory.c:4883 faultin_page mm/gup.c:976 [inline] __get_user_pages+0x93e/0x11c0 mm/gup.c:1197 faultin_vma_page_range+0x1e0/0x260 mm/gup.c:1590 madvise_populate mm/madvise.c:856 [inline] madvise_vma mm/madvise.c:1004 [inline] do_madvise+0x9dc/0x2b60 mm/madvise.c:1207 __do_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:1233 [inline] __se_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:1231 [inline] __x64_sys_madvise+0xa2/0xb0 mm/madvise.c:1231 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0 RIP: 0033:0x7fdab2e5a749 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:00007fdab10c1038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000001c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdab30b0fa0 RCX: 00007fdab2e5a749 RDX: 0000000000000017 RSI: 0000000000c00304 RDI: 0000200000000000 RBP: 00007fdab2edef91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fdab30b1038 R14: 00007fdab30b0fa0 R15: 00007fffce70b388