loop3: detected capacity change from 0 to 512
EXT4-fs (loop3): Ignoring removed nobh option
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.3.819/7389 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888146a64bd8 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888060216478 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:162 [inline]
ffff888060216478 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5941 [inline]
ffff888060216478 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3e8/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6022

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:155 [inline]
       ext4_destroy_inline_data+0x24/0xe0 fs/ext4/inline.c:1890
       ext4_writepages+0x670/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2735
       do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
       filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x1eb/0x240 mm/filemap.c:400
       __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:433 [inline]
       file_write_and_wait_range+0x14d/0x220 mm/filemap.c:810
       ext4_sync_file+0x1ff/0xae0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:151
       generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2990 [inline]
       ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x338/0x3b0 fs/ext4/file.c:275
       ext4_file_write_iter+0x74d/0x1700 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
       call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x745/0xd60 fs/read_write.c:594
       ksys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:701 [inline]
       __do_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:711 [inline]
       __se_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:708 [inline]
       __x64_sys_pwrite64+0x19a/0x220 fs/read_write.c:708
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #0 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       percpu_down_read+0x46/0x1b0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
       ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689
       do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
       __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
       writeback_single_inode+0x3cb/0x8e0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1770
       write_inode_now+0x23b/0x2c0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2811
       iput_final fs/inode.c:1756 [inline]
       iput+0x5ab/0x8a0 fs/inode.c:1795
       ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x34f4/0x3ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1837
       ext4_xattr_block_set+0x4fd/0x2d20 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1936
       ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2633 [inline]
       ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2708 [inline]
       ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xf3b/0x1990 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2800
       __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5901
       ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5944 [inline]
       __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x469/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6022
       ext4_evict_inode+0xa8d/0x1090 fs/ext4/inode.c:282
       evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:647
       ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xad2/0x1320 fs/ext4/orphan.c:470
       ext4_fill_super+0x92c9/0x9a40 fs/ext4/super.c:4975
       mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
       legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ei->xattr_sem);
                               lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
                               lock(&ei->xattr_sem);
  lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.3.819/7389:
 #0: ffff888147ace0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#28/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: alloc_super+0x201/0x950 fs/super.c:229
 #1: ffff888147ace650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
 #1: ffff888147ace650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1928 [inline]
 #1: ffff888147ace650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x44a/0x1090 fs/ext4/inode.c:243
 #2: ffff888060216478 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:162 [inline]
 #2: ffff888060216478 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5941 [inline]
 #2: ffff888060216478 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3e8/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6022

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 7389 Comm: syz.3.819 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 percpu_down_read+0x46/0x1b0 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51
 ext4_writepages+0x20f/0x2df0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2689
 do_writepages+0x476/0x6e0 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
 __writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
 writeback_single_inode+0x3cb/0x8e0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1770
 write_inode_now+0x23b/0x2c0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2811
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1756 [inline]
 iput+0x5ab/0x8a0 fs/inode.c:1795
 ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x34f4/0x3ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1837
 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x4fd/0x2d20 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1936
 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2633 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2708 [inline]
 ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xf3b/0x1990 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2800
 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5901
 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5944 [inline]
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x469/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6022
 ext4_evict_inode+0xa8d/0x1090 fs/ext4/inode.c:282
 evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:647
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xad2/0x1320 fs/ext4/orphan.c:470
 ext4_fill_super+0x92c9/0x9a40 fs/ext4/super.c:4975
 mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
 legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
 do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fd39502af4a
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:00007fd393284e58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd393284ee0 RCX: 00007fd39502af4a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 00007fd393284ea0
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007fd393284ee0 R09: 0000000000800718
R10: 0000000000800718 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000200000000140
R13: 00007fd393284ea0 R14: 0000000000000497 R15: 00002000000003c0
 </TASK>
------------[ cut here ]------------
EA inode 11 i_nlink=1026
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 7389 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1022 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4bd/0x510 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1020
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 7389 Comm: syz.3.819 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:1020
Code: 7c 24 40 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 30 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 64 ea a1 ff 49 8b 37 48 c7 c7 40 8d 3d 8a 89 da e8 53 0f 93 07 <0f> 0b 4c 8b 64 24 08 4c 8b 7c 24 10 e9 a9 fe ff ff e8 2d ff 9d 07
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002eaf140 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 12d05b58d6e3b200 RBX: 0000000000000402 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000cdb1000 RSI: 000000000007ffff RDI: 0000000000080000
RBP: ffffc90002eaf230 R08: ffff8880b912795b R09: 1ffff11017224f2b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1017224f2c R12: ffff8880602d3e70
R13: 1ffff1100c05a80d R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880602d3eb0
FS:  00007fd3932856c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f80d27ac286 CR3: 0000000022c4a000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1045 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_set_entry+0xed9/0x3ea0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1697
 ext4_xattr_ibody_set+0x112/0x330 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2253
 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2640 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2708 [inline]
 ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xf8a/0x1990 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2800
 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5901
 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5944 [inline]
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x469/0x700 fs/ext4/inode.c:6022
 ext4_evict_inode+0xa8d/0x1090 fs/ext4/inode.c:282
 evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:647
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xad2/0x1320 fs/ext4/orphan.c:470
 ext4_fill_super+0x92c9/0x9a40 fs/ext4/super.c:4975
 mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
 legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
 do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fd39502af4a
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:00007fd393284e58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd393284ee0 RCX: 00007fd39502af4a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 00007fd393284ea0
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007fd393284ee0 R09: 0000000000800718
R10: 0000000000800718 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000200000000140
R13: 00007fd393284ea0 R14: 0000000000000497 R15: 00002000000003c0
 </TASK>