INFO: task hung in start_this_handle

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/07 16:33
Reported-by: syzbot+7b3ea8ddd5b28ce98c93@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d10h, last: 10h40m
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in start_this_handle (2) ext4 1 1 1660d 1660d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/07 19:09
upstream INFO: task hung in start_this_handle (3) ext4 1 7 674d 701d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/04 20:07
upstream INFO: task hung in start_this_handle ext4 1 3 2863d 2871d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/04/07 23:35
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in start_this_handle 1 1 7d01h 7d01h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 01:43

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:4:61 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:4    state:D stack:20904 pid:61    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 add_transaction_credits fs/jbd2/transaction.c:300 [inline]
 start_this_handle+0x103f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:407
 jbd2__journal_start+0x2bb/0x5b0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:505
 __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x203/0x560 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:112
 __ext4_journal_start fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h:326 [inline]
 ext4_do_writepages+0xfb9/0x3990 fs/ext4/inode.c:2704
 ext4_writepages+0x1dd/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2810
 do_writepages+0x351/0x590 mm/page-writeback.c:2575
 __writeback_single_inode+0x14e/0xee0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1686
 writeback_sb_inodes+0x813/0x1020 fs/fs-writeback.c:1977
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x114/0x240 fs/fs-writeback.c:2048
 wb_writeback+0x472/0xbe0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2158
 wb_check_background_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2228 [inline]
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2316 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0xb8e/0xe60 fs/fs-writeback.c:2343
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
INFO: task jbd2/sda1-8:5103 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:jbd2/sda1-8     state:D stack:25736 pid:5103  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_buffer include/linux/buffer_head.h:373 [inline]
 jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x2e8d/0x5ad0 fs/jbd2/commit.c:815
 kjournald2+0x40f/0x810 fs/jbd2/journal.c:201
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.30:5911 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.30        state:D stack:25320 pid:5911  ppid:5775   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x5c9/0xe00 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1096
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x10c/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1231
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x208/0x6d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x205/0x2a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5933
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13f/0x6d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6107
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xcb/0x110 fs/ext4/inode.c:6144
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2cc/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2522
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1981 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1994 [inline]
 __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2180 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x187/0x1a0 fs/inode.c:2210
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1f9/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6262
 do_page_mkwrite+0x153/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:2951
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4717 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4779 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3689 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1a2c/0x4a50 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x736/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7f9ab7472729
RSP: 002b:00007ffdf5542990 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000001b2df0f000 RBX: ffffffff866c2a42 RCX: 0000001b2df0eff8
RDX: 0000001b2d924220 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 00007f9ab8355720
RBP: 00000000000001d7 R08: 00007f9ab7810000 R09: 00007f9ab7812000
R10: 00000000866c2a46 R11: 00000000000000ff R12: 00007f9ab7825f40
R13: 0000000000009362 R14: ffffffff866c2ce7 R15: 00007f9ab8355720
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.36:5928 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.36        state:D stack:24424 pid:5928  ppid:5777   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x5c9/0xe00 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1096
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x10c/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1231
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x208/0x6d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x205/0x2a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5933
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13f/0x6d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6107
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xcb/0x110 fs/ext4/inode.c:6144
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2cc/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2522
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1981 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1994 [inline]
 __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2180 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x187/0x1a0 fs/inode.c:2210
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1f9/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6262
 do_page_mkwrite+0x153/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:2951
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4717 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4779 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3689 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1a2c/0x4a50 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x736/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fdf77072eb2
RSP: 002b:00007ffe809dce70 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000001008 RBX: 00007fdf77f55720 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000001b2dd23000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 00007fdf77f55720
RBP: 0000000000000675 R08: 00007fdf77410000 R09: 00007fdf77426128
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffffffff85540a96
R13: 00007fdf77426128 R14: 00000000000001f0 R15: fffffffffffff000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.42:5944 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.42        state:D stack:25384 pid:5944  ppid:5774   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x5c9/0xe00 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1096
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x10c/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1231
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x208/0x6d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x205/0x2a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5933
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13f/0x6d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6107
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xcb/0x110 fs/ext4/inode.c:6144
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2cc/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2522
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1981 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1994 [inline]
 __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2180 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x187/0x1a0 fs/inode.c:2210
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1f9/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6262
 do_page_mkwrite+0x153/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:2951
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4717 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4779 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3689 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1a2c/0x4a50 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x736/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fb88fa72789
RSP: 002b:00007ffcd350fff0 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000001b2de24000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000005ffde8
RDX: 0000001b2de23ffc RSI: 00000000005ffde8 RDI: 00007fb890955700
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fb88fe12000
R10: 00007fb890955700 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000037bb7 R14: ffffffff813214ce R15: 00007fb890955720
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.43:5947 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.43        state:D stack:27560 pid:5947  ppid:5776   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x5c9/0xe00 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1096
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x10c/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1231
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x208/0x6d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x205/0x2a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5933
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13f/0x6d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6107
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xcb/0x110 fs/ext4/inode.c:6144
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2cc/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2522
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1981 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1994 [inline]
 __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2180 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x187/0x1a0 fs/inode.c:2210
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1f9/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6262
 do_page_mkwrite+0x153/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:2951
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4717 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4779 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3689 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1a2c/0x4a50 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x736/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7f041426ba23
RSP: 002b:00007ffd1e32cf90 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 00000000005ffde8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000001b2d664000
RDX: 0000001b2d624000 RSI: 0000000000600000 RDI: 00007f04145e0708
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd1e32d220
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6633
4 locks held by kworker/u4:4/61:
 #0: ffff888141a78138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff888141a78138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc900015c7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc900015c7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffff888031d5e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#32){++++}-{3:3}, at: super_trylock_shared+0x20/0xf0 fs/super.c:607
 #3: ffff888031d60c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1768 [inline]
 #3: ffff888031d60c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x1a4/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2809
1 lock held by syslogd/5123:
 #0: ffff8880b8e3c298 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x29/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:559
2 locks held by getty/5531:
 #0: ffff88814e0a00a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
3 locks held by syz-executor/5763:
 #0: ffff88802ee83aa0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802ee83aa0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802ee83aa0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6261
 #2: ffff888031d62990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
3 locks held by syz.3.30/5911:
 #0: ffff88807bdcb120 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807bdcb120 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807bdcb120 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6261
 #2: ffff888031d62990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
3 locks held by syz.1.36/5928:
 #0: ffff88802134f3a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802134f3a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802134f3a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6261
 #2: ffff888031d62990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
3 locks held by syz.2.42/5944:
 #0: ffff88802c634da0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802c634da0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802c634da0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6261
 #2: ffff888031d62990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
3 locks held by syz.0.43/5947:
 #0: ffff88802134baa0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802134baa0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802134baa0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff888031d5e510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6261
 #2: ffff888031d62990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 28 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+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a6/0x3e0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x2f0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:222 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf59/0xfa0 kernel/hung_task.c:379
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 1096 Comm: kworker/u4:6 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:lockdep_enabled kernel/locking/lockdep.c:116 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0xcd/0x8c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5767
Code: ee 76 00 48 0f a3 1d 8a 6e 23 0d 73 0d e8 cb 30 08 00 84 c0 0f 84 44 05 00 00 48 c7 c0 ec ab 8c 8e 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 <84> c0 0f 85 4c 05 00 00 83 3d 20 a3 23 0d 00 0f 84 a9 04 00 00 65
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000468fa40 EFLAGS: 00000a07
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 73ea39bdcfbb2500
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8b1d32c0 RDI: ffffffff8b1d3280
RBP: ffffc9000468fb50 R08: ffffffff8e8c772f R09: 1ffffffff1d18ee5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d18ee6 R12: ffffffff8a566972
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880774b8d00 R15: 1ffff920008d1f54
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005562b65a8170 CR3: 000000000cf32000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:344 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:819 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:412 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0x28b/0x600 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/11 16:11 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in start_this_handle
2026/08/07 16:32 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in start_this_handle
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.