====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ syz.7.2918/17036 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88805ebb6610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline] ffff88805ebb6610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline] ffff88805ebb6610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline] ffff88805ebb6610 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x274/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214 but task is already holding lock: ffff88805ebb4b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1832 [inline] ffff88805ebb4b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x308/0x1140 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438 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_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:77 [inline] ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1820 [inline] ext4_writepages+0x205/0x3b0 fs/ext4/inode.c:3025 do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2598 __writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x1230 fs/fs-writeback.c:1737 writeback_single_inode+0x4ac/0xdc0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1858 write_inode_now+0x1c2/0x290 fs/fs-writeback.c:2937 iput_final fs/inode.c:1944 [inline] iput+0xa73/0x1020 fs/inode.c:2006 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x1fd4/0x2ad0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2204 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2669 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2744 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12cf/0x1ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2832 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x30d/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:6349 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6392 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45c/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6470 ext4_evict_inode+0x7a1/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:253 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:837 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xc38/0x1470 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5658 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x5932/0x61f0 fs/ext4/super.c:5777 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x431/0x4f0 fs/super.c:1691 vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1751 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1199 [inline] do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3636 [inline] do_new_mount+0x329/0xa50 fs/namespace.c:3712 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x31d/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4201 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #0 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}: 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+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline] __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline] sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline] ext4_evict_inode+0x274/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:837 ext4_ext_migrate+0xd92/0x1140 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1688 [inline] ext4_ioctl+0x234c/0x4ae0 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1917 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); lock(sb_internal); lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); rlock(sb_internal); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by syz.7.2918/17036: #0: ffff88805ebb6420 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x60/0x200 fs/namespace.c:543 #1: ffff8880253b50e0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1027 [inline] #1: ffff8880253b50e0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){++++}-{4:4}, at: __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1687 [inline] #1: ffff8880253b50e0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){++++}-{4:4}, at: ext4_ioctl+0x2344/0x4ae0 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1917 #2: ffff88805ebb4b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1832 [inline] #2: ffff88805ebb4b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x308/0x1140 fs/ext4/migrate.c:438 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 17036 Comm: syz.7.2918 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_circular_bug+0x2e1/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 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+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 percpu_down_read_internal+0x48/0x1c0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline] __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline] sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline] ext4_evict_inode+0x274/0xe60 fs/ext4/inode.c:214 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:837 ext4_ext_migrate+0xd92/0x1140 fs/ext4/migrate.c:588 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1688 [inline] ext4_ioctl+0x234c/0x4ae0 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1917 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f2b4f79af79 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:00007f2b506b6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2b4fa15fa0 RCX: 00007f2b4f79af79 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006609 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f2b4f8316e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f2b4fa16038 R14: 00007f2b4fa15fa0 R15: 00007ffd8b2ddb38