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INFO: task hung in gfs2_aspace_writepages (3)

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/27 13:17
Subsystems: gfs2
Labels: prio:low
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First crash: 117d, last: 117d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
a6803e08-c241-4079-971a-f07a31e32cb4 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in gfs2_aspace_writepages (3) 2026/05/13 00:03 2026/05/13 00:03 2026/05/13 01:02 ac1aeadbb84e4988133fcdf26ca80803a538fe09

			
		
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in gfs2_aspace_writepages (2) gfs2 1 1 183d 183d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/20 14:18
upstream INFO: task hung in gfs2_aspace_writepages gfs2 1 4 254d 307d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/11 00:19

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.1.2962:20023 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.2962      state:D stack:23456 pid:20023 tgid:19999 ppid:16398  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1585/0x5340 kernel/sched/core.c:6907
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6989 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7004
 io_schedule+0x7f/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:7831
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:250
 __wait_on_bit_lock+0xec/0x4e0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:93
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x13b/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:120
 lock_buffer include/linux/buffer_head.h:432 [inline]
 gfs2_aspace_write_folio fs/gfs2/meta_io.c:56 [inline]
 gfs2_aspace_writepages+0x2c3/0x610 fs/gfs2/meta_io.c:96
 do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2554
 filemap_writeback mm/filemap.c:387 [inline]
 filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:412 [inline]
 filemap_fdatawrite+0x1e9/0x2f0 mm/filemap.c:418
 gfs2_write_inode+0x299/0x3e0 fs/gfs2/super.c:455
 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline]
 __writeback_single_inode+0x75a/0x11a0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1813
 writeback_single_inode+0x4ac/0xdc0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1869
 sync_inode_metadata+0x122/0x1d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2974
 gfs2_fsync+0x1a6/0x370 fs/gfs2/file.c:763
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2640 [inline]
 gfs2_file_write_iter+0xe08/0x1130 fs/gfs2/file.c:1155
 do_iter_readv_writev+0x619/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
 vfs_writev+0x33c/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1059
 do_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1155 [inline]
 __do_sys_pwritev2 fs/read_write.c:1213 [inline]
 __se_sys_pwritev2+0x184/0x2a0 fs/read_write.c:1204
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f5e6419c629
RSP: 002b:00007f5e65007028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000148
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5e64416090 RCX: 00007f5e6419c629
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f5e64232b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000800001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5e64416128 R14: 00007f5e64416090 R15: 00007ffe9ae11f88
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/31:
 #0: ffffffff8e7602e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7602e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:850 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7602e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
3 locks held by kworker/u8:4/61:
 #0: ffff88813fe44148 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fe44148 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #1: ffffc9000212fc40
 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline]
 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #2: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: linkwatch_event+0xe/0x60 net/core/link_watch.c:313
1 lock held by dhcpcd/5481:
 #0: 
ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: devinet_ioctl+0x32b/0x1b30 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1120
2 locks held by getty/5573:
 #0: ffff888031ef50a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000332b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45c/0x13c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
1 lock held by syz-executor/5804:
 #0: ffff8880b863ade0 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0xb6/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:655
2 locks held by kworker/u8:14/7602:
 #0: ffff8880202a7148 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880202a7148 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #1: ffffc9001e54fc40 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9001e54fc40 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
3 locks held by kworker/u8:18/7606:
 #0: ffff888031312148 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
 #0: ffff888031312148 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #1: ffffc9001e58fc40 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9001e58fc40 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #2: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x19/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4738
4 locks held by kworker/u8:19/7607:
 #0: ffff88801b6ce948 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801b6ce948 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #1: ffffc9000c3e7c40 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000c3e7c40 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 #2: ffffffff8fbbde70 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}, at: cleanup_net+0xf4/0x800 net/core/net_namespace.c:675
 #3: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: wg_netns_pre_exit+0x1c/0x200 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:419
2 locks held by syz.1.2962/20023:
 #0: ffff8880535f0420 (sb_writers#40){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2710 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880535f0420 (sb_writers#40){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_writev+0x2aa/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1057
 #1: ffff88807956afa8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#57){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1028 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807956afa8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#57){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: gfs2_file_write_iter+0x342/0x1130 fs/gfs2/file.c:1117
2 locks held by syz.4.3323/21985:
 #0: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:634 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3e/0x1c0 drivers/net/tun.c:3436
 #1: ffffffff8e766578 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:311 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8e766578 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2d0/0x770 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:961
2 locks held by syz.6.3346/22073:
1 lock held by syz.0.3350/22059:
 #0: ffffffff8fbcc688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: do_ip_setsockopt+0xefa/0x2ea0 net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1077
2 locks held by syz.1.3348/22068:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:161 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:346 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd9/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:515
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 134 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:869 [inline]
RIP: 0010:nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x211/0xb80 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
Code: 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 58 45 31 ff 48 89 ac 24 90 00 00 00 4c 89 74 24 78 4c 89 6c 24 18 48 89 84 24 b0 00 00 00 0f b6 00 84 c0 <48> 89 4c 24 50 0f 85 12 06 00 00 43 8b b4 3f bc f5 7b 8c 83 e6 02
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002ee7a10 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8c7bf71c
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff888053b5ca00 R08: ffffffff901181b7 R09: 1ffffffff2023036
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2023037 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888028f058a8 R14: ffff8880844a0000 R15: 00000000000000b0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125464000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fdbe41e82f8 CR3: 00000000212a4000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/26 13:13 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in gfs2_aspace_writepages
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.