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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.1.1657/11052 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888072e84b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2715

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888078a6e650 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
ffff888078a6e650 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:2013 [inline]
ffff888078a6e650 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x43c/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:240

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read+0x44/0x1a0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:2013 [inline]
       ext4_evict_inode+0x43c/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:240
       evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
       ext4_ext_migrate+0xc0c/0xe60 fs/ext4/migrate.c:587
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1396 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x1eb1/0x4110 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1614
       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

-> #0 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       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
       percpu_down_read+0x44/0x1a0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
       ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2715
       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:2780
       iput_final fs/inode.c:1821 [inline]
       iput+0x613/0x980 fs/inode.c:1860
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x273b/0x32b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2145
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2610 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2685 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x120b/0x1dc0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2773
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5984
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6027 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x47f/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:6105
       ext4_evict_inode+0xa7f/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:279
       evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbeb/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
       __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline]
       ext4_fill_super+0x7829/0x7dc0 fs/ext4/super.c:5687
       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

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(sb_internal);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(sb_internal);
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.1.1657/11052:
 #0: ffff888078a6e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#27/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: alloc_super+0x1fa/0x930 fs/super.c:228
 #1: ffff888078a6e650 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
 #1: ffff888078a6e650 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:2013 [inline]
 #1: ffff888078a6e650 (sb_internal){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x43c/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:240
 #2: ffff8880725200c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:165 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880725200c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6024 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880725200c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3fe/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:6105

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 11052 Comm: syz.1.1657 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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
 percpu_down_read+0x44/0x1a0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
 ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2f40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2715
 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:2780
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1821 [inline]
 iput+0x613/0x980 fs/inode.c:1860
 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x273b/0x32b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2145
 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2610 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2685 [inline]
 ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x120b/0x1dc0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2773
 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5984
 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6027 [inline]
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x47f/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:6105
 ext4_evict_inode+0xa7f/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:279
 evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbeb/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x7829/0x7dc0 fs/ext4/super.c:5687
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7f5aaad9bf4a
Code: 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 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:00007f5aabd05e58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5aabd05ee0 RCX: 00007f5aaad9bf4a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 00007f5aabd05ea0
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007f5aabd05ee0 R09: 0000000000800700
R10: 0000000000800700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00002000000001c0
R13: 00007f5aabd05ea0 R14: 000000000000046f R15: 00002000000007c0
 </TASK>
------------[ cut here ]------------
EA inode 11 i_nlink=2
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 11052 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1005 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4bd/0x510 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1003
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 11052 Comm: syz.1.1657 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4bd/0x510 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1003
Code: 7c 24 40 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 30 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 a4 ce 9b ff 49 8b 37 48 c7 c7 c0 a0 a0 8a 89 da e8 f3 55 16 ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 64 24 08 4c 8b 7c 24 10 e9 a9 fe ff ff e8 bd c5 f4 07
RSP: 0018:ffffc900041c71e0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: f2ab1c1e8a143e00 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90016868000 RSI: 000000000007ffff RDI: 0000000000080000
RBP: ffffc900041c72d8 R08: ffff8880b8f279db R09: 1ffff110171e4f3b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e4f3c R12: ffff88804b16dcf8
R13: 1ffff1100962dbde R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff88804b16dd38
FS:  00007f5aabd066c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f8882485000 CR3: 000000007734a000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1028 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_set_entry+0xb33/0x1e90 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1670
 ext4_xattr_ibody_set+0x250/0x690 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2214
 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2617 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2685 [inline]
 ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12c7/0x1dc0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2773
 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5984
 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6027 [inline]
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x47f/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:6105
 ext4_evict_inode+0xa7f/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:279
 evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbeb/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x7829/0x7dc0 fs/ext4/super.c:5687
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7f5aaad9bf4a
Code: 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 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:00007f5aabd05e58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5aabd05ee0 RCX: 00007f5aaad9bf4a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 00007f5aabd05ea0
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007f5aabd05ee0 R09: 0000000000800700
R10: 0000000000800700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00002000000001c0
R13: 00007f5aabd05ea0 R14: 000000000000046f R15: 00002000000007c0
 </TASK>