====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ kswapd0/254 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88805e95af28 (&f->sem){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: jffs2_do_clear_inode+0x5e/0x390 fs/jffs2/readinode.c:1419 but task is already holding lock: ffffffff8c3decc0 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: 0x1 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}: __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4580 [inline] fs_reclaim_acquire+0x6d/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4594 might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:206 [inline] slab_pre_alloc_hook+0x20/0xc0 mm/slab.h:492 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3139 [inline] slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc+0x3d/0x280 mm/slub.c:3238 jffs2_do_read_inode+0x2ff/0x640 fs/jffs2/readinode.c:1372 jffs2_iget+0x20f/0xc60 fs/jffs2/fs.c:277 jffs2_do_fill_super+0x599/0xc50 fs/jffs2/fs.c:577 mtd_get_sb+0xcb/0x2b0 drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c:79 get_tree_mtd+0x5e2/0x760 drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c:163 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1541 do_new_mount+0x247/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562 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 (&f->sem){+.+.}-{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+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623 __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline] mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743 jffs2_do_clear_inode+0x5e/0x390 fs/jffs2/readinode.c:1419 evict+0x4b6/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:647 dispose_list fs/inode.c:680 [inline] prune_icache_sb+0x220/0x2d0 fs/inode.c:879 super_cache_scan+0x335/0x430 fs/super.c:107 do_shrink_slab+0x51f/0xd40 mm/vmscan.c:765 shrink_slab_memcg mm/vmscan.c:834 [inline] shrink_slab+0x43d/0x7a0 mm/vmscan.c:913 shrink_node_memcgs mm/vmscan.c:2958 [inline] shrink_node+0x11f5/0x2790 mm/vmscan.c:3079 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:3821 [inline] balance_pgdat+0xdf3/0x1a10 mm/vmscan.c:4012 kswapd+0x7db/0xde0 mm/vmscan.c:4271 kthread+0x42e/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(fs_reclaim); lock(&f->sem); lock(fs_reclaim); lock(&f->sem); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by kswapd0/254: #0: ffffffff8c3decc0 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: 0x1 #1: ffffffff8c3bc2d0 (shrinker_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: shrink_slab_memcg mm/vmscan.c:807 [inline] #1: ffffffff8c3bc2d0 (shrinker_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: shrink_slab+0x228/0x7a0 mm/vmscan.c:913 #2: ffff888067f2e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#83){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super fs/super.c:418 [inline] #2: ffff888067f2e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#83){++++}-{3:3}, at: super_cache_scan+0x70/0x430 fs/super.c:80 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 254 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026 Call Trace: 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+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623 __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline] mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743 jffs2_do_clear_inode+0x5e/0x390 fs/jffs2/readinode.c:1419 evict+0x4b6/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:647 dispose_list fs/inode.c:680 [inline] prune_icache_sb+0x220/0x2d0 fs/inode.c:879 super_cache_scan+0x335/0x430 fs/super.c:107 do_shrink_slab+0x51f/0xd40 mm/vmscan.c:765 shrink_slab_memcg mm/vmscan.c:834 [inline] shrink_slab+0x43d/0x7a0 mm/vmscan.c:913 shrink_node_memcgs mm/vmscan.c:2958 [inline] shrink_node+0x11f5/0x2790 mm/vmscan.c:3079 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:3821 [inline] balance_pgdat+0xdf3/0x1a10 mm/vmscan.c:4012 kswapd+0x7db/0xde0 mm/vmscan.c:4271 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287