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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink

read to 0xffff8881070d9208 of 4 bytes by task 2980 on cpu 1:
 set_nlink+0x29/0xb0 fs/inode.c:-1
 kernfs_refresh_inode fs/kernfs/inode.c:181 [inline]
 kernfs_iop_permission+0x1e5/0x220 fs/kernfs/inode.c:289
 do_inode_permission fs/namei.c:583 [inline]
 inode_permission+0x2a5/0x3b0 fs/namei.c:653
 lookup_inode_permission_may_exec fs/namei.c:-1 [inline]
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1961 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x875/0xdd0 fs/namei.c:2604
 path_lookupat+0x53/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2812
 filename_lookup+0x18f/0x390 fs/namei.c:2842
 vfs_statx+0x96/0x170 fs/stat.c:353
 vfs_fstatat+0x118/0x170 fs/stat.c:373
 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:538 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x3e0 fs/stat.c:532
 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x70 fs/stat.c:532
 x64_sys_call+0x2c64/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

write to 0xffff8881070d9208 of 4 bytes by task 3285 on cpu 0:
 set_nlink+0x99/0xb0 fs/inode.c:449
 kernfs_refresh_inode fs/kernfs/inode.c:181 [inline]
 kernfs_iop_permission+0x1e5/0x220 fs/kernfs/inode.c:289
 do_inode_permission fs/namei.c:583 [inline]
 inode_permission+0x2a5/0x3b0 fs/namei.c:653
 lookup_inode_permission_may_exec fs/namei.c:-1 [inline]
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1961 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x875/0xdd0 fs/namei.c:2604
 path_openat+0x1ac/0x2000 fs/namei.c:4859
 do_file_open+0x16c/0x290 fs/namei.c:4892
 do_sys_openat2+0xa0/0x130 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+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1385
 x64_sys_call+0x1e39/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x00000009 -> 0x00000008

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3285 Comm: udevd Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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