====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.0.871/9176 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88805c1be4c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_xattr_get+0x10b/0x6a0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:708 but task is already holding lock: ffff88814c6c0bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1779 [inline] ffff88814c6c0bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x321/0x1080 fs/ext4/migrate.c:437 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_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1767 [inline] ext4_writepages+0x1a4/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2806 do_writepages+0x3b3/0x630 mm/page-writeback.c:2575 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xec0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1635 writeback_single_inode+0x21f/0x760 fs/fs-writeback.c:1756 write_inode_now+0x183/0x210 fs/fs-writeback.c:2808 iput_final fs/inode.c:1807 [inline] iput+0x5ae/0x920 fs/inode.c:1846 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x273f/0x32b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2199 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2664 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2739 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x12c5/0x1e80 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2827 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x306/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:5971 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6014 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6092 ext4_evict_inode+0x7f3/0xea0 fs/ext4/inode.c:252 evict+0x4ca/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbec/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5617 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x5ed3/0x6790 fs/ext4/super.c:5740 get_tree_bdev+0x3f3/0x520 fs/super.c:1591 vfs_get_tree+0x8c/0x280 fs/super.c:1764 do_new_mount+0x24b/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3386 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x2e7/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3912 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 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:3134 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754 down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520 ext4_xattr_get+0x10b/0x6a0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:708 ext4_get_acl+0x84/0x670 fs/ext4/acl.c:165 __get_acl+0x273/0x400 fs/posix_acl.c:160 get_inode_acl fs/posix_acl.c:185 [inline] posix_acl_create+0x131/0x440 fs/posix_acl.c:648 ext4_init_acl+0xbb/0x330 fs/ext4/acl.c:284 __ext4_new_inode+0x2f27/0x3ac0 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1326 ext4_ext_migrate+0x6f0/0x1080 fs/ext4/migrate.c:455 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1409 [inline] ext4_ioctl+0x1ee3/0x3b30 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1627 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 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); rlock(&ei->xattr_sem); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by syz.0.871/9176: #0: ffff888144b9c418 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x63/0x200 fs/namespace.c:456 #1: ffff88805c1bc010 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline] #1: ffff88805c1bc010 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1408 [inline] #1: ffff88805c1bc010 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_ioctl+0x1edb/0x3b30 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1627 #2: ffff88814c6c0bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_write fs/ext4/ext4.h:1779 [inline] #2: ffff88814c6c0bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_ext_migrate+0x321/0x1080 fs/ext4/migrate.c:437 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 9176 Comm: syz.0.871 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754 down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520 ext4_xattr_get+0x10b/0x6a0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:708 ext4_get_acl+0x84/0x670 fs/ext4/acl.c:165 __get_acl+0x273/0x400 fs/posix_acl.c:160 get_inode_acl fs/posix_acl.c:185 [inline] posix_acl_create+0x131/0x440 fs/posix_acl.c:648 ext4_init_acl+0xbb/0x330 fs/ext4/acl.c:284 __ext4_new_inode+0x2f27/0x3ac0 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1326 ext4_ext_migrate+0x6f0/0x1080 fs/ext4/migrate.c:455 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1409 [inline] ext4_ioctl+0x1ee3/0x3b30 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1627 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 RIP: 0033:0x7f742a39c799 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:00007f742b25f028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f742a616090 RCX: 00007f742a39c799 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006609 RDI: 0000000000000006 RBP: 00007f742a432bd9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f742a616128 R14: 00007f742a616090 R15: 00007fff996002c8