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KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps

Status: moderation: reported on 2023/12/09 00:01
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+874bb8a8db3b21a66b1c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 940d, last: 48d
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
8f8f7983-7c9c-4d78-9953-3514d363db8b repro KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps 2026/03/08 03:34 2026/03/08 03:34 2026/03/08 03:41 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
8bd3885e-3570-437d-9bf2-7d767af4070f assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps 2026/02/24 21:58 2026/02/24 21:58 2026/02/24 22:09 305c0ec5cd886e2d13738e28e1b2df9b0ec20fc9
012a4b96-3695-4ff1-bc6f-84d642c96f53 assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps 2026/01/10 05:06 2026/01/10 05:06 2026/01/10 05:07 7519916073b761ced56a7b15fdeeb4674e8dc125 Error 429, Message: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit. * Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day, limit: 0, Status: RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED, Details: [map[@type:type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.Help links:[map[description:Learn more about Gemini API quotas url:https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits]]] map[@type:type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.QuotaFailure violations:[map[quotaId:GenerateRequestsPerDayPerProjectPerModel quotaMetric:generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day]]] map[@type:type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.DebugInfo detail:[ORIGINAL ERROR] generic::resource_exhausted: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit. * Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day, limit: 0 [google.rpc.error_details_ext] { message: "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit. \n* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day, limit: 0" details { type_url: "type.googleapis.com/language_labs.genai.debug.GeminiApiDebugInfo" value: "RM\nK\nEgenerativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day\030\000\"\000" } details { [type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.Help] { links { description: "Learn more about Gemini API quotas" url: "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits" } } } details { [type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.QuotaFailure] { violations { quota_metric: "generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day" quota_id: "GenerateRequestsPerDayPerProjectPerModel" } } } }]]

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps

write to 0xffff88811bb9954c of 4 bytes by task 4332 on cpu 0:
 inode_set_mtime_to_ts include/linux/fs.h:1658 [inline]
 inode_update_timestamps+0x147/0x270 fs/inode.c:2116
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:2151 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:2171 [inline]
 file_update_time_flags+0x269/0x300 fs/inode.c:2398
 file_update_time+0x17/0x20 fs/inode.c:2419
 shmem_file_write_iter+0x9c/0xf0 mm/shmem.c:3515
 iter_file_splice_write+0x6bc/0xa80 fs/splice.c:738
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x156/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1161
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x311/0x670 fs/splice.c:1105
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1204 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1230
 do_sendfile+0x382/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1370
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1417 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1417
 x64_sys_call+0x2db1/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88811bb9954c of 4 bytes by task 4330 on cpu 1:
 inode_get_mtime_nsec include/linux/fs.h:1644 [inline]
 inode_get_mtime include/linux/fs.h:1650 [inline]
 relatime_need_update fs/inode.c:2065 [inline]
 atime_needs_update+0x2a8/0x3e0 fs/inode.c:2211
 touch_atime+0x4a/0x340 fs/inode.c:2226
 file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2256 [inline]
 shmem_file_read_iter+0x477/0x540 mm/shmem.c:3498
 copy_splice_read+0x471/0x6c0 fs/splice.c:363
 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:981 [inline]
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x28f/0x670 fs/splice.c:1086
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1204 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1230
 do_sendfile+0x382/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1370
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1417 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1417
 x64_sys_call+0x2db1/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x038f5599 -> 0x0427ec19

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4330 Comm: syz.2.259 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
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Crashes (434):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/07 03:39 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/02/06 12:21 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/02/01 02:08 upstream ad9a728a3388 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/31 14:01 upstream ad9a728a3388 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/30 11:12 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/21 10:50 upstream 6c790212c588 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/20 10:23 upstream 24d479d26b25 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/19 23:45 upstream 24d479d26b25 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/19 12:36 upstream 24d479d26b25 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/16 17:41 upstream 983d014aafb1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/13 23:53 upstream b54345928fa1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/13 04:32 upstream b71e635feefc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/10 23:42 upstream 97313d6113ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/09 08:58 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/03 14:10 upstream 805f9a061372 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2026/01/01 11:30 upstream b69053dd3ffb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/31 08:40 upstream c8ebd433459b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/29 22:56 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/28 22:04 upstream c875a6c32467 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/27 12:56 upstream c53f467229a7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/21 09:04 upstream 9094662f6707 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/16 11:55 upstream 40fbbd64bba6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/14 03:24 upstream 9d9c1cfec01c d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/13 06:20 upstream 9551a26f17d9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/10 22:02 upstream 0048fbb4011e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/06 12:25 upstream 416f99c3b16f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/04 05:06 upstream 8f7aa3d3c732 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/03 16:24 upstream 3f9f0252130e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/12/01 08:37 upstream 7d0a66e4bb90 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/30 20:12 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/28 16:53 upstream e538109ac71d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/26 18:38 upstream 30f09200cc4a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/25 07:16 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/21 22:23 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/21 08:52 upstream fd95357fd8c6 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/20 02:04 upstream 23cb64fb7625 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/16 18:38 upstream 7254a2b52279 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/16 05:26 upstream f824272b6e3f f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/15 05:58 upstream d4f8cccc6230 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/10 12:17 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/08 03:58 upstream da32d155f4a8 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/06 00:43 upstream 1c353dc8d962 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/05 14:56 upstream 17d85f33a83b a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/04 00:30 upstream 8bb886cb8f3a 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/11/01 06:53 upstream ba36dd5ee6fd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2025/10/31 20:52 upstream 58fdd8484c05 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2023/12/07 23:46 upstream 9ace34a8e446 28b24332 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
2023/12/05 19:08 upstream bee0e7762ad2 858d62d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_timestamps
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.