====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ syz.8.5757/3816 is trying to acquire lock: ffff8880408394e8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_init_acl+0x2fd/0x7e0 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:367 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880636e10e0 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_start_trans+0x3ab/0x700 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:369 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{4:4}: down_read+0x4a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574 ocfs2_start_trans+0x3ab/0x700 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:369 ocfs2_fileattr_set+0x2fe/0x810 fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c:119 vfs_fileattr_set+0x9f5/0xc90 fs/file_attr.c:301 ioctl_fssetxattr+0x349/0x3b0 fs/file_attr.c:367 do_vfs_ioctl+0x901/0x1530 fs/ioctl.c:566 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:595 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0x82/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #1 (sb_internal#6){.+.+}-{0:0}: percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline] 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] ocfs2_start_trans+0x2ac/0x700 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:367 ocfs2_xattr_set+0xe9c/0x13a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3687 __vfs_removexattr+0x41c/0x450 fs/xattr.c:544 __vfs_removexattr_locked+0xe2/0x270 fs/xattr.c:579 vfs_removexattr+0x7f/0x230 fs/xattr.c:601 ovl_do_removexattr fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h:341 [inline] ovl_removexattr fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h:349 [inline] ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:756 [inline] ovl_get_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:836 [inline] ovl_fill_super_creds fs/overlayfs/super.c:1449 [inline] ovl_fill_super+0x408f/0x5d40 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1560 vfs_get_super fs/super.c:1267 [inline] get_tree_nodev+0xbb/0x150 fs/super.c:1286 vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1694 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1198 [inline] do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3765 [inline] do_new_mount+0x319/0xdc0 fs/namespace.c:3841 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4174 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4390 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x31d/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4367 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #0 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{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+0x1520/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 down_read+0x4a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574 ocfs2_init_acl+0x2fd/0x7e0 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:367 ocfs2_mknod+0x166a/0x2240 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:414 ocfs2_create+0x195/0x460 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:677 lookup_open fs/namei.c:4508 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4608 [inline] path_openat+0x133a/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4860 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4892 do_sys_openat2+0x115/0x200 fs/open.c:1368 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1385 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: &oi->ip_xattr_sem --> sb_internal#6 --> &journal->j_trans_barrier Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- rlock(&journal->j_trans_barrier); lock(sb_internal#6); lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier); rlock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem); *** DEADLOCK *** 8 locks held by syz.8.5757/3816: #0: ffff888031326450 (sb_writers#33){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:494 #1: ffff8880408397a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#22){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline] #1: ffff8880408397a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#22){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4605 [inline] #1: ffff8880408397a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#22){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: path_openat+0xae3/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4860 #2: ffff88804081f9a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline] #2: ffff88804081f9a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x170/0x4850 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:904 #3: ffff8880408189a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline] #3: ffff8880408189a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x170/0x4850 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:904 #4: ffff8880408197a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[LOCAL_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline] #4: ffff8880408197a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[LOCAL_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits+0x11f/0x2680 fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c:636 #5: ffff888031326640 (sb_internal#6){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ocfs2_mknod+0x116a/0x2240 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:365 #6: ffff8880636e10e0 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_start_trans+0x3ab/0x700 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:369 #7: ffff88805037c938 (jbd2_handle#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1fc3/0x2210 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:444 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3816 Comm: syz.8.5757 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/10/2026 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+0x1520/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 down_read+0x4a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574 ocfs2_init_acl+0x2fd/0x7e0 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:367 ocfs2_mknod+0x166a/0x2240 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:414 ocfs2_create+0x195/0x460 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:677 lookup_open fs/namei.c:4508 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4608 [inline] path_openat+0x133a/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4860 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4892 do_sys_openat2+0x115/0x200 fs/open.c:1368 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1385 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f834239de59 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:00007f83431e6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8342625fa0 RCX: 00007f834239de59 RDX: 0000000000040042 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c RBP: 00007f8342433e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f8342626038 R14: 00007f8342625fa0 R15: 00007ffe81cff578