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possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/12/07 00:10
Subsystems: xfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+f4c587833618ec4a76f9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 57d, last: 11d
Discussions (2)
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[syzbot] Monthly xfs report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/30 09:53
[syzbot] [xfs?] possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc 0 (1) 2025/12/07 00:10

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kswapd0/78 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88804289e610 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: xfs_trans_alloc+0xd7/0x960 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:256

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6975 [inline]
ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x92a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4301 [inline]
       fs_reclaim_acquire+0x72/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4315
       might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:317 [inline]
       slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4904 [inline]
       slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5239 [inline]
       __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x40/0x700 mm/slub.c:5771
       kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
       iomap_fill_dirty_folios+0xf4/0x260 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1557
       xfs_buffered_write_iomap_begin+0xa23/0x1a70 fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c:1857
       iomap_iter+0x5ef/0xeb0 fs/iomap/iter.c:110
       iomap_zero_range+0x1cc/0xa30 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1590
       xfs_zero_range+0x9a/0x100 fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c:2289
       xfs_setattr_size+0x48b/0xed0 fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c:993
       __xfs_file_fallocate+0x1140/0x15d0 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:-1
       xfs_file_fallocate+0x26e/0x320 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:1500
       vfs_fallocate+0x669/0x7e0 fs/open.c:339
       ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:363 [inline]
       __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:368 [inline]
       __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:366 [inline]
       __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc0/0x110 fs/open.c:366
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&xfs_nondir_ilock_class){++++}-{4:4}:
       down_write_nested+0x9d/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1706
       xfs_trans_alloc_ichange+0x1e6/0x6e0 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:1252
       xfs_setattr_nonsize+0x402/0xcb0 fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c:837
       xfs_setattr_size+0x294/0xed0 fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c:944
       xfs_vn_setattr+0x258/0x300 fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c:1171
       notify_change+0xc1a/0xf40 fs/attr.c:546
       do_truncate+0x1a4/0x220 fs/open.c:68
       handle_truncate fs/namei.c:4235 [inline]
       do_open fs/namei.c:4632 [inline]
       path_openat+0x359d/0x3dd0 fs/namei.c:4787
       do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4814
       do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x200 fs/open.c:1430
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline]
       __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1444 [inline]
       __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1440 [inline]
       __x64_sys_open+0x11e/0x150 fs/open.c:1440
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x107/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
       percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
       __xfs_trans_alloc+0xad/0x420 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:224
       xfs_trans_alloc+0xd7/0x960 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:256
       xfs_fs_dirty_inode+0x12f/0x1e0 fs/xfs/xfs_super.c:735
       __mark_inode_dirty+0x390/0x1330 fs/fs-writeback.c:2587
       mark_inode_dirty_sync include/linux/fs.h:2200 [inline]
       iput+0x3e8/0x1030 fs/inode.c:1984
       __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
       shrink_kill+0xa9/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:1137
       shrink_dentry_list+0x2e0/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:1164
       prune_dcache_sb+0x10e/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1246
       super_cache_scan+0x369/0x4b0 fs/super.c:222
       do_shrink_slab+0x6df/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:437
       shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
       shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
       shrink_one+0x2d9/0x720 mm/vmscan.c:4921
       shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4982 [inline]
       lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5060 [inline]
       shrink_node+0x2f7d/0x35b0 mm/vmscan.c:6047
       kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6901 [inline]
       balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7084 [inline]
       kswapd+0x145a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354
       kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
       ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  sb_internal#2 --> &xfs_nondir_ilock_class --> fs_reclaim

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(fs_reclaim);
                               lock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
                               lock(fs_reclaim);
  rlock(sb_internal#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by kswapd0/78:
 #0: ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6975 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x92a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354
 #1: ffff88804289e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#51){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:563 [inline]
 #1: ffff88804289e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#51){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x91/0x4b0 fs/super.c:197

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 78 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x107/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
 percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
 __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
 sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
 __xfs_trans_alloc+0xad/0x420 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:224
 xfs_trans_alloc+0xd7/0x960 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:256
 xfs_fs_dirty_inode+0x12f/0x1e0 fs/xfs/xfs_super.c:735
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x390/0x1330 fs/fs-writeback.c:2587
 mark_inode_dirty_sync include/linux/fs.h:2200 [inline]
 iput+0x3e8/0x1030 fs/inode.c:1984
 __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
 shrink_kill+0xa9/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:1137
 shrink_dentry_list+0x2e0/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:1164
 prune_dcache_sb+0x10e/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1246
 super_cache_scan+0x369/0x4b0 fs/super.c:222
 do_shrink_slab+0x6df/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:437
 shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
 shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
 shrink_one+0x2d9/0x720 mm/vmscan.c:4921
 shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4982 [inline]
 lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5060 [inline]
 shrink_node+0x2f7d/0x35b0 mm/vmscan.c:6047
 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6901 [inline]
 balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7084 [inline]
 kswapd+0x145a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/18 04:24 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2026/01/14 23:01 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2026/01/13 11:08 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2026/01/06 19:20 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2026/01/05 01:42 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2026/01/03 02:46 upstream 9b0436804460 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2026/01/01 23:48 upstream b69053dd3ffb d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/28 10:36 upstream d26143bb38e2 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/26 04:44 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/24 09:00 upstream b927546677c8 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/15 05:57 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/14 22:09 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/14 13:52 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/13 10:14 upstream 9551a26f17d9 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/13 04:24 upstream 187d0801404f d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/11 14:24 upstream d358e5254674 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/11 12:23 upstream d358e5254674 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/09 16:35 upstream cb015814f8b6 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/08 02:54 upstream 37bb2e7217b0 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
2025/12/03 00:06 upstream 4a26e7032d7d d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_trans_alloc
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.