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INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
Status:
upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:50
Reported-by: syzbot+15bcc4d83155c68d6d31@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d02h, last: 6h30m
Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:5:3078 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:5 state:D stack:24080 pid: 3078 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
__wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
__ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used+0x27d/0x14e0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:3885
ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x11ab/0x47c0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5806
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x17d1/0x63d0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4372
ext4_map_blocks+0x97f/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:675
mpage_map_one_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2410 [inline]
mpage_map_and_submit_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2463 [inline]
ext4_writepages+0x124a/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2831
do_writepages+0x493/0x700 mm/page-writeback.c:2386
__writeback_single_inode+0x153/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1657
writeback_sb_inodes+0xaaa/0x1750 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
__writeback_inodes_wb+0x12a/0x3f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2011
wb_writeback+0x45e/0xbc0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2116
wb_check_old_data_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2216 [inline]
wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2269 [inline]
wb_workfn+0xb15/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.175:4516 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.175 state:D stack:26336 pid: 4516 ppid: 4305 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
__wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
__ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x203/0x2e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5866
__ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x136/0x6c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6040
ext4_dirty_inode+0xbf/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6077
__mark_inode_dirty+0x2c8/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2480
generic_update_time+0x1cd/0x1f0 fs/inode.c:1881
inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1894 [inline]
file_update_time+0x3c0/0x440 fs/inode.c:2083
ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1bc/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6195
do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922
do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4328 [inline]
do_fault mm/memory.c:4396 [inline]
handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline]
__handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
handle_mm_fault+0x1e47/0x4440 mm/memory.c:4883
do_user_addr_fault+0x494/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1355
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1443 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1496
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7fb17e0b7a23
RSP: 002b:00007ffe7a567400 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000003fde8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000001b31c24000 RSI: 0000000000040000 RDI: 00007fb17e42c708
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffe7a567690
</TASK>
Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
#0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
6 locks held by kworker/u4:5/3078:
#0: ffff8881423e8138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc9000de1fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffff88807f0ca0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#32){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super+0x1c/0xf0 fs/super.c:418
#3: ffff88807f0ccc58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x213/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691
#4: ffff88807f0ce990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
#5: ffff888074ea6628 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x8c4/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:668
1 lock held by klogd/3549:
#0: ffff8880b903a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x25/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:475
2 locks held by getty/3949:
#0: ffff88814d4ca098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffffc900026562e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
3 locks held by syz.0.175/4516:
#0: ffff88801ec4ea28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88801ec4ea28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
#1: ffff88807f0ca558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
#1: ffff88807f0ca558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1910 [inline]
#1: ffff88807f0ca558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6194
#2: ffff88807f0ce990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
=============================================
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 1435 Comm: kworker/u4:4 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kasan_check_range+0xc/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
Code: c0 c3 0f 0b b8 ea ff ff ff c3 0f 0b b8 ea ff ff ff c3 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc b0 01 48 85 f6 0f 84 ac 01 00 00 55 <41> 57 41 56 41 54 53 49 89 f8 49 01 f0 0f 82 0e 02 00 00 49 89 f8
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005f67990 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000101 RBX: ffff888023a83b80 RCX: ffffffff815d9204
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff901ee1c8
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: ffff888079290d03 R09: 1ffff1100f2521a0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f2521a1 R12: 0000000000000004
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888023a84670 R15: 0000000000000877
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005642d3dc6660 CR3: 0000000079edc000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:71 [inline]
test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:134 [inline]
hlock_class kernel/locking/lockdep.c:197 [inline]
mark_lock+0x94/0x320 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4569
mark_held_locks kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4193 [inline]
__trace_hardirqs_on_caller kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4211 [inline]
lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x237/0x7c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4278
trace_hardirqs_on+0x67/0x80 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:49
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x136/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:406
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:409 [inline]
batadv_nc_purge_paths+0x305/0x3a0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:475
batadv_nc_worker+0x2e1/0x5c0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:724
process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.