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possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/03/13 05:11
Reported-by: syzbot+033048aa2a56eacb2789@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 692d, last: 7h45m
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file hfs 4 1 1134d 1134d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2022/12/27 15:22
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file (2) 4 1 833d 833d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/31 18:25
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file 4 7 871d 1058d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/24 21:20
upstream possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file hfs 4 46 895d 1139d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/06 09:48
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file (2) origin:upstream 4 C 158 5d06h 670d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/04 03:11
upstream possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file (3) hfs 4 C unreliable 3517 28m 656d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/18 14:41
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file origin:upstream missing-backport 4 C error 47 27d 231d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/17 13:12
upstream possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file (2) hfs 4 C done done 4 763d 784d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/11 05:11
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file 4 5 959d 1023d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/28 05:53

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
kworker/u4:7/4946 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880244134f8 (&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfs_extend_file+0xfb/0x13f0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88814cbc80b0 (&tree->tree_lock#2/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfs_find_init+0x15b/0x1d0 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&tree->tree_lock#2/1){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       hfs_find_init+0x15b/0x1d0 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1
       hfs_ext_read_extent fs/hfs/extent.c:200 [inline]
       hfs_extend_file+0x35d/0x13f0 fs/hfs/extent.c:401
       hfs_bmap_reserve+0x103/0x420 fs/hfs/btree.c:231
       hfs_cat_create+0x204/0x8e0 fs/hfs/catalog.c:104
       hfs_mkdir+0x68/0xe0 fs/hfs/dir.c:232
       vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4073
       do_mkdirat+0x1df/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:4098
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4113 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4111 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4111
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #0 (&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       hfs_extend_file+0xfb/0x13f0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397
       hfs_bmap_reserve+0x103/0x420 fs/hfs/btree.c:231
       __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x1fa/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:121
       hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17b/0x200 fs/hfs/extent.c:144
       hfs_write_inode+0xd8/0xa20 fs/hfs/inode.c:432
       write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1505 [inline]
       __writeback_single_inode+0x6c3/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1715
       writeback_sb_inodes+0xa4e/0x1680 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
       wb_writeback+0x45d/0xbe0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2114
       wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2257 [inline]
       wb_workfn+0x43a/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
       process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
       worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
       kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
       ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&tree->tree_lock#2/1);
                               lock(&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock);
                               lock(&tree->tree_lock#2/1);
  lock(&HFS_I(tree->inode)->extents_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by kworker/u4:7/4946:
 #0: ffff888141bb8138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000342fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff88814cbc80b0 (&tree->tree_lock#2/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfs_find_init+0x15b/0x1d0 fs/hfs/bfind.c:-1

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4946 Comm: kworker/u4:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:3)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 __mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 hfs_extend_file+0xfb/0x13f0 fs/hfs/extent.c:397
 hfs_bmap_reserve+0x103/0x420 fs/hfs/btree.c:231
 __hfs_ext_write_extent+0x1fa/0x470 fs/hfs/extent.c:121
 hfs_ext_write_extent+0x17b/0x200 fs/hfs/extent.c:144
 hfs_write_inode+0xd8/0xa20 fs/hfs/inode.c:432
 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1505 [inline]
 __writeback_single_inode+0x6c3/0xda0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1715
 writeback_sb_inodes+0xa4e/0x1680 fs/fs-writeback.c:1940
 wb_writeback+0x45d/0xbe0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2114
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2257 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0x43a/0xf20 fs/fs-writeback.c:2298
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (176):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/03 09:48 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2026/02/01 20:16 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2026/01/14 19:54 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2026/01/14 16:47 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2026/01/14 09:54 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2026/01/03 21:19 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/12/31 20:47 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/12/20 09:54 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/12/19 23:39 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/12/13 17:26 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/11/05 08:26 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/11/03 19:23 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/10/22 03:52 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/09/26 10:46 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/09/10 08:00 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/09/10 08:00 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/09/09 16:21 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/08/31 12:50 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/08/27 17:10 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/08/22 10:00 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/08/08 14:57 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/07/28 22:14 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 6654ea9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/07/27 09:00 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/07/20 17:34 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/07/16 20:30 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 44f8051e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/06/14 16:58 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 5f4b362d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/06/03 21:57 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c a30356b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/29 08:38 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/25 19:21 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 2d4582d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/22 01:41 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 0919b50b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/20 12:24 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 b47f9e02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/18 07:47 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/17 21:29 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/13 19:47 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 7344edeb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/12 02:38 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/09 09:17 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 bb813bcc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2024/03/13 05:10 linux-5.15.y 574362648507 db5b7ff0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/08/05 10:16 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 37880f40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/07/22 19:54 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 8e9d1dc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/07/19 00:55 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/06/18 14:25 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/06/18 00:25 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc e77fae15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/30 22:36 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/19 16:08 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 b84f0537 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/16 05:11 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 cfde8269 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/12 06:57 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/10 18:33 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/05/01 02:08 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 ce7952f4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
2025/04/27 11:55 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfs_extend_file
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.