possible deadlock in ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/19 15:58
Subsystems: ocfs2
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+a68ce48df87b8e36e915@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d13h, last: 4d13h
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[syzbot] [ocfs2?] possible deadlock in ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock (3) 0 (1) 2026/09/19 15:58
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock (2) ocfs2 4 1 350d 346d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/12 19:50
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock ocfs2 4 syz 8 714d 749d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/14 01:51

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kswapd0/70 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88800e994bc0 (&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock+0x106/0x270 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:2875

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8ee92540 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7177 [inline]
ffffffff8ee92540 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0xa08/0x32c0 mm/vmscan.c:7555

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4375 [inline]
       fs_reclaim_acquire+0x71/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4389
       might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:316 [inline]
       slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4636 [inline]
       slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4974 [inline]
       __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x61/0x600 mm/slub.c:5559
       _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline]
       _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
       ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks+0x10c/0x9a0 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1084
       ocfs2_mknod+0xee4/0x22b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:356
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x180/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:667
       vfs_mkdir+0x40c/0x620 fs/namei.c:5410
       filename_mkdirat+0x285/0x510 fs/namei.c:5443
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:5464 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat+0x35/0x150 fs/namei.c:5461
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #2 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1631
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
       ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:767 [inline]
       ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:930 [inline]
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1191 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1489/0x4390 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1333
       evict+0x624/0xb50 fs/inode.c:822
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
       dentry_kill+0x1b9/0x880 fs/dcache.c:826
       finish_dput+0x1a/0x260 fs/dcache.c:1001
       ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:617 [inline]
       ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:713 [inline]
       ovl_get_workdir+0xba2/0x1980 fs/overlayfs/super.c:836
       ovl_fill_super_creds fs/overlayfs/super.c:1449 [inline]
       ovl_fill_super+0x1702/0x4360 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1561
       vfs_get_super fs/super.c:1391 [inline]
       get_tree_nodev+0xbb/0x150 fs/super.c:1410
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1933
       fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1198 [inline]
       do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3772 [inline]
       do_new_mount+0x319/0xdc0 fs/namespace.c:3848
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4181 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4397 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x31d/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4374
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1631
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
       ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:888 [inline]
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1191 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0xe39/0x4390 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1333
       evict+0x624/0xb50 fs/inode.c:822
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
       dentry_kill+0x1b9/0x880 fs/dcache.c:826
       finish_dput+0x1a/0x260 fs/dcache.c:1001
       ovl_check_rename_whiteout fs/overlayfs/super.c:617 [inline]
       ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:713 [inline]
       ovl_get_workdir+0xba2/0x1980 fs/overlayfs/super.c:836
       ovl_fill_super_creds fs/overlayfs/super.c:1449 [inline]
       ovl_fill_super+0x1702/0x4360 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1561
       vfs_get_super fs/super.c:1391 [inline]
       get_tree_nodev+0xbb/0x150 fs/super.c:1410
       vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1933
       fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1198 [inline]
       do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3772 [inline]
       do_new_mount+0x319/0xdc0 fs/namespace.c:3848
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:4181 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4397 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x31d/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4374
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock){.+.+}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
       lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
       down_read+0x4a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
       ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock+0x106/0x270 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:2875
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1142 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0x3a6/0x4390 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1333
       evict+0x624/0xb50 fs/inode.c:822
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
       dentry_kill+0x1b9/0x880 fs/dcache.c:826
       shrink_kill fs/dcache.c:1275 [inline]
       shrink_dentry_list+0x209/0x310 fs/dcache.c:1292
       prune_dcache_sb+0x119/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1374
       super_cache_scan+0x35f/0x4a0 fs/super.c:225
       do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10e0 mm/shrinker.c:445
       shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
       shrink_slab+0x838/0x1220 mm/shrinker.c:640
       shrink_one+0x2a2/0x730 mm/vmscan.c:5119
       shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:5180 [inline]
       lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5258 [inline]
       shrink_node+0x35d0/0x3e30 mm/vmscan.c:6247
       kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:7101 [inline]
       balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7279 [inline]
       kswapd+0x185e/0x32c0 mm/vmscan.c:7555
       kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
       ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &osb->nfs_sync_rwlock --> &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE] --> fs_reclaim

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(fs_reclaim);
                               lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]);
                               lock(fs_reclaim);
  rlock(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by kswapd0/70: 2, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffffffff8ee92540 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7177 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ee92540 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0xa08/0x32c0 mm/vmscan.c:7555
 #1: ffff888012c380e8 (&type->s_umount_key#55){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:674 [inline]
 #1: ffff888012c380e8 (&type->s_umount_key#55){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x94/0x4a0 fs/super.c:200

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 70 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 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:2087
 check_noncircular+0x12f/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
 lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
 down_read+0x4a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
 ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock+0x106/0x270 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:2875
 ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1142 [inline]
 ocfs2_evict_inode+0x3a6/0x4390 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1333
 evict+0x624/0xb50 fs/inode.c:822
 ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
 dentry_kill+0x1b9/0x880 fs/dcache.c:826
 shrink_kill fs/dcache.c:1275 [inline]
 shrink_dentry_list+0x209/0x310 fs/dcache.c:1292
 prune_dcache_sb+0x119/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1374
 super_cache_scan+0x35f/0x4a0 fs/super.c:225
 do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10e0 mm/shrinker.c:445
 shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
 shrink_slab+0x838/0x1220 mm/shrinker.c:640
 shrink_one+0x2a2/0x730 mm/vmscan.c:5119
 shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:5180 [inline]
 lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5258 [inline]
 shrink_node+0x35d0/0x3e30 mm/vmscan.c:6247
 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:7101 [inline]
 balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7279 [inline]
 kswapd+0x185e/0x32c0 mm/vmscan.c:7555
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 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
2026/09/15 15:55 upstream 587858367581 f41e228a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.