====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ kworker/u8:5/140 is trying to acquire lock: ffff8880538df5f8 (&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfs_extend_file+0xf2/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397 but task is already holding lock: ffff888051fa20b0 (&tree->tree_lock/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfs_find_init+0x18e/0x300 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&tree->tree_lock/1){+.+.}-{4:4}: __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 hfs_find_init+0x18e/0x300 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1 hfs_ext_read_extent fs/hfs/extent.c:200 [inline] hfs_extend_file+0x35c/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:401 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x107/0x430 fs/hfs/btree.c:269 hfs_cat_create+0x20f/0x800 fs/hfs/catalog.c:104 hfs_mkdir+0x6c/0xe0 fs/hfs/dir.c:232 vfs_mkdir+0x753/0x870 fs/namei.c:5139 do_mkdirat+0x27d/0x4b0 fs/namei.c:5173 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:5195 [inline] __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:5193 [inline] __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x87/0xa0 fs/namei.c:5193 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 (&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{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+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 hfs_extend_file+0xf2/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x107/0x430 fs/hfs/btree.c:269 __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x1fa/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:121 hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17e/0x210 fs/hfs/extent.c:144 hfs_write_inode+0x117/0x960 fs/hfs/inode.c:441 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x7e1/0x1230 fs/fs-writeback.c:1802 writeback_sb_inodes+0x92e/0x1940 fs/fs-writeback.c:2030 wb_writeback+0x445/0xad0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2363 [inline] wb_workfn+0x3f8/0xef0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2403 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xaec/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0xda6/0x1360 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x726/0x8b0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x51b/0xa40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&tree->tree_lock/1); lock(&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock); lock(&tree->tree_lock/1); lock(&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by kworker/u8:5/140: #0: ffff888141686148 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3232 [inline] #0: ffff888141686148 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9d4/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 #1: ffffc90002e07bc0 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3233 [inline] #1: ffffc90002e07bc0 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa0f/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 #2: ffff888051fa20b0 (&tree->tree_lock/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hfs_find_init+0x18e/0x300 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 140 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:2) 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 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 hfs_extend_file+0xf2/0x15e0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x107/0x430 fs/hfs/btree.c:269 __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x1fa/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:121 hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17e/0x210 fs/hfs/extent.c:144 hfs_write_inode+0x117/0x960 fs/hfs/inode.c:441 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x7e1/0x1230 fs/fs-writeback.c:1802 writeback_sb_inodes+0x92e/0x1940 fs/fs-writeback.c:2030 wb_writeback+0x445/0xad0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2363 [inline] wb_workfn+0x3f8/0xef0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2403 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xaec/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0xda6/0x1360 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x726/0x8b0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x51b/0xa40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 hfs: new node 0 already hashed? ------------[ cut here ]------------ 1 WARNING: fs/hfs/bnode.c:520 at hfs_bnode_create+0x461/0x4f0 fs/hfs/bnode.c:520, CPU#1: kworker/u8:5/140 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 140 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:2) RIP: 0010:hfs_bnode_create+0x461/0x4f0 fs/hfs/bnode.c:520 Code: c7 8b 89 ee e8 d0 34 7e fe e9 cf fc ff ff e8 46 fb 1a ff 4c 89 ef e8 9e 1d f0 08 48 c7 c7 a0 88 c7 8b 89 ee e8 b0 34 7e fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb b0 44 89 f1 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c d6 fb ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e06c20 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 000000000000001f RBX: ffff888051fa2000 RCX: 945028f30a275900 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffc90002e069a7 R09: 1ffff920005c0d34 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520005c0d35 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff888051fa20e0 R14: ffff888027ede200 R15: dffffc0000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881257f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055ce58ab7660 CR3: 0000000076cee000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: hfs_bmap_alloc+0x5c1/0x650 fs/hfs/btree.c:326 hfs_btree_inc_height+0x100/0xad0 fs/hfs/brec.c:490 hfs_brec_insert+0x7ef/0xc90 fs/hfs/brec.c:148 __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x2a1/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:124 hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17e/0x210 fs/hfs/extent.c:144 hfs_write_inode+0x117/0x960 fs/hfs/inode.c:441 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x7e1/0x1230 fs/fs-writeback.c:1802 writeback_sb_inodes+0x92e/0x1940 fs/fs-writeback.c:2030 wb_writeback+0x445/0xad0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2363 [inline] wb_workfn+0x3f8/0xef0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2403 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xaec/0x17a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0xda6/0x1360 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x726/0x8b0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x51b/0xa40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246