From: syzbot <syzbot+1659aaaaa8d9d11265d7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
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Subject: [syzbot] [ext4?] INFO: task hung in filename_unlinkat
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:12:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <699ebd11.a00a0220.21906d.0005.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: a95f71ad3e2e Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15cfc55a580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=abe4fa590468dbfb
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1659aaaaa8d9d11265d7
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=11294eaa580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=14a47c02580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/8676ab01a8b8/disk-a95f71ad.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/e3314e350353/vmlinux-a95f71ad.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/6e2905ccbd1e/bzImage-a95f71ad.xz
mounted in repro: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/94e3ac0ab12f/mount_0.gz
fsck result: OK (log: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/fsck.log?x=14a88152580000)
IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+1659aaaaa8d9d11265d7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
INFO: task syz.0.17:5995 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.17 state:D stack:29024 pid:5995 tgid:5990 ppid:5927 task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
__schedule+0x14fb/0x52c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6907
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6989 [inline]
rt_mutex_schedule+0x76/0xf0 kernel/sched/core.c:7285
rt_mutex_slowlock_block kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1647 [inline]
__rt_mutex_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1721 [inline]
__rt_mutex_slowlock_locked+0x1f8f/0x25c0 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1760
rt_mutex_slowlock+0xbd/0x170 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1800
__rt_mutex_lock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1815 [inline]
rwbase_write_lock+0x14d/0x730 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244
inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
__start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
__do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5575 [inline]
__se_sys_unlink+0x2e/0x140 fs/namei.c:5572
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: 0033:0x7f6cd2b5c629
RSP: 002b:00007f6cd2195028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6cd2dd6090 RCX: 00007f6cd2b5c629
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000180
RBP: 00007f6cd2bf2b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6cd2dd6128 R14: 00007f6cd2dd6090 R15: 00007ffd3df50108
</TASK>
Showing all locks held in the system:
4 locks held by pr/legacy/17:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/38:
#0: ffffffff8ddcd780 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8ddcd780 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:850 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8ddcd780 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
4 locks held by kworker/u8:6/783:
3 locks held by kworker/u8:11/1173:
2 locks held by getty/5552:
#0: ffff888036cdf0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
#1: ffffc90003e832e0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x462/0x13c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
7 locks held by syz.0.17/5991:
2 locks held by syz.0.17/5995:
#0: ffff888034904480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888054ce9c70 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.1.18/6018:
2 locks held by syz.1.18/6022:
#0: ffff8880294e6480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888044ea3430 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
6 locks held by syz.2.19/6044:
2 locks held by syz.2.19/6048:
#0: ffff8880247b0480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c92850 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
3 locks held by syz.3.20/6075:
2 locks held by syz.3.20/6080:
#0: ffff888034d36480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888054cee3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.4.21/6113:
2 locks held by syz.4.21/6117:
#0: ffff888035624480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c9cbf0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.5.22/6147:
2 locks held by syz.5.22/6151:
#0: ffff88804c26c480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888044c96f90 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
7 locks held by syz.6.23/6185:
2 locks held by syz.6.23/6190:
#0: ffff888025968480 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
#1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1073 [inline]
#1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2923 [inline]
#1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2934 [inline]
#1: ffff888044e5c010 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_unlinkat+0x2ad/0x610 fs/namei.c:5521
3 locks held by udevd/6219:
5 locks held by syz.7.24/6221:
=============================================
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 38 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
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 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 783 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_dat_purge
RIP: 0010:__local_bh_enable_ip+0x1c2/0x2b0 kernel/softirq.c:307
Code: f7 89 df e8 60 01 00 00 41 f7 c4 00 02 00 00 74 05 e8 52 60 44 00 9c 58 a9 00 02 00 00 75 23 41 f7 c4 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 5b <41> 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 c0 d7 9d 09 cc 90 0f 0b 90 e9 66 fe
RSP: 0018:ffffc900046ffa58 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffffffffffffffe8 RCX: 0000000000000046
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffffffff8d55b178 RDI: ffffffff8ba64380
RBP: 1ffff11004a23cc4 R08: ffffffff8f6a23b7 R09: 1ffffffff1ed4476
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1ed4477 R12: 0000000000000286
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802511e624 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888126442000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2fb63fff CR3: 00000000354ae000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:116 [inline]
__batadv_dat_purge+0x344/0x400 net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c:185
batadv_dat_purge+0x20/0x70 net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c:204
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>
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next reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 9:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 9:12 syzbot [this message]
2026-03-01 10:12 ` [PATCH] ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by data conflicts Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-02 10:52 ` [syzbot ci] " syzbot ci
2026-03-02 12:51 ` [PATCH v2] " Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-03 7:47 ` [syzbot ci] " syzbot ci
2026-03-02 13:01 ` [PATCH] " Jan Kara
2026-03-05 7:25 ` [PATCH v3] ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by residual data Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-05 10:38 ` Jan Kara
2026-03-05 12:10 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-05 14:12 ` [PATCH v4] " Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-05 15:41 ` Jan Kara
2026-03-06 1:31 ` [PATCH v5] " Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-06 15:25 ` Jan Kara
2026-03-27 4:06 ` Theodore Ts'o
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