===================================== WARNING: bad unlock balance detected! syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------- kworker/u8:28/9220 is trying to release lock (&q->q_usage_counter(io)) at: [] blk_mq_unfreeze_queue include/linux/blk-mq.h:962 [inline] [] nvme_update_ns_info+0xa07/0x1200 drivers/nvme/host/core.c:2623 but there are no more locks to release! other info that might help us debug this: locks held by kworker/u8:28/9220: 2, last CPU#1: #0: ffff88801ae8d138 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline] #0: ffff88801ae8d138 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline] #0: ffff88801ae8d138 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3361 [inline] #0: ffff88801ae8d138 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479 #1: ffffc9000460fc40 ((work_completion)(&entry->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline] #1: ffffc9000460fc40 ((work_completion)(&entry->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline] #1: ffffc9000460fc40 ((work_completion)(&entry->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3361 [inline] #1: ffffc9000460fc40 ((work_completion)(&entry->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9220 Comm: kworker/u8:28 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026 Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0xdc/0xf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5349 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5590 [inline] lock_release+0x252/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5964 blk_mq_unfreeze_queue include/linux/blk-mq.h:962 [inline] nvme_update_ns_info+0xa07/0x1200 drivers/nvme/host/core.c:2623 nvme_alloc_ns drivers/nvme/host/core.c:4293 [inline] nvme_scan_ns+0x34c1/0x46c0 drivers/nvme/host/core.c:4483 async_run_entry_fn+0x9d/0x430 kernel/async.c:129 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3396 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3560 kthread+0x38b/0x470 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