* refcount_warn_saturate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node for 6.18.2-arch2-1 @ 2026-01-06 22:01 Gideon Farrell 2026-01-07 1:10 ` Leo Martins 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Gideon Farrell @ 2026-01-06 22:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-btrfs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 13055 bytes --] Hi there, I recently experienced a type of crash I haven't seen before on this system which seems to originate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node on Kernel 6.18.2-arch2-1. Here's the stack trace: ``` Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory. Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 299428 at lib/refcount.c:22 refcount_warn_saturate+0x55/0x110 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Modules linked in: uinput uas usb_storage rfcomm tun ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep 8021q garp mrp stp llc vfat fat amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common mt7921e snd_hda_codec_atihdmi mt7921_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi mt792x_lib snd_hda_intel mt76_connac_lib uvcvideo kvm_amd snd_hda_codec mt76 videobuf2_vmalloc snd_usb_audio uvc btusb snd_hda_core snd_usbmidi_lib videobuf2_memops kvm btmtk asus_nb_wmi snd_ump snd_intel_dspcfg videobuf2_v4l2 btrtl asus_wmi mac80211 snd_rawmidi spd5118 asus_ec_sensors snd_intel_sdw_acpi btbcm videobuf2_common platform_profile irqbypass snd_hwdep snd_seq_device btintel sp5100_tco rapl pcspkr videodev snd_pcm sparse_keymap wmi_bmof cfg80211 bluetooth snd_timer i2c_piix4 igc snd k10temp i2c_smbus soundcore ptp mousedev mc joydev rfkill libarc4 pps_core wacom gpio_amdpt gpio_generic mac_hid nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables crypto_user pkcs8_key_parser ntsync nfnetlink dm_crypt encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee dm_mod hid_logitech_hidpp amdgpu amdxcp i2c_algo_bit drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_exec drm_panel_backlight_quirks gpu_sched drm_suballoc_helper drm_buddy nvme polyval_clmulni hid_logitech_dj drm_display_helper ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core ccp cec aesni_intel video nvme_keyring nvme_auth hkdf wmi Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 299428 Comm: kworker/u97:4 Tainted: G W 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 PREEMPT(full) e9d53cde2ee9d1bdaa4464d2214ad0f22bd43723 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Tainted: [W]=WARN Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI, BIOS 3057 10/29/2024 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Workqueue: btrfs-delalloc btrfs_work_helper Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x55/0x110 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Code: 84 bc 00 00 00 e9 76 ff 56 ff 85 f6 74 46 80 3d b4 ce ae 01 00 75 ee 48 c7 c7 60 4a 5d 8f c6 05 a4 ce ae 01 01 e8 4b 7d 7b ff <0f> 0b e9 4f ff 56 ff 80 3d 8d ce ae 01 00 75 cb 48 c7 c7 10 4b 5d Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffcff6e1687b90 EFLAGS: 00010246 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e330174b110 RCX: 0000000000000027 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RDX: ffff8e41de15d008 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8e41de15d000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RBP: ffff8e32d3349060 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffdfff Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R10: ffffffff90bbaa40 R11: ffffcff6e1687a28 R12: 0000000000020000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8e330174b228 R15: 0000000000000000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e424d632000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CR2: 000033b723ba6004 CR3: 0000000024a24000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: PKRU: 55555554 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Call Trace: Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: <TASK> Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x2e7/0x310 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_delayed_update_inode+0xf5/0x1e0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_update_root_times+0x75/0xa0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_update_inode+0x59/0xc0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __cow_file_range_inline+0x16c/0x3f0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: cow_file_range_inline.constprop.0+0xd7/0x140 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: compress_file_range+0x3d6/0x5c0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_submit_compressed_extents+0x10/0x10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_work_helper+0xe1/0x380 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: process_one_work+0x193/0x350 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: worker_thread+0x2d7/0x410 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: kthread+0xfc/0x240 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ret_from_fork+0x1c2/0x1f0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: </TASK> Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 327490 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xff/0x110 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Modules linked in: uinput uas usb_storage rfcomm tun ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep 8021q garp mrp stp llc vfat fat amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common mt7921e snd_hda_codec_atihdmi mt7921_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi mt792x_lib snd_hda_intel mt76_connac_lib uvcvideo kvm_amd snd_hda_codec mt76 videobuf2_vmalloc snd_usb_audio uvc btusb snd_hda_core snd_usbmidi_lib videobuf2_memops kvm btmtk asus_nb_wmi snd_ump snd_intel_dspcfg videobuf2_v4l2 btrtl asus_wmi mac80211 snd_rawmidi spd5118 asus_ec_sensors snd_intel_sdw_acpi btbcm videobuf2_common platform_profile irqbypass snd_hwdep snd_seq_device btintel sp5100_tco rapl pcspkr videodev snd_pcm sparse_keymap wmi_bmof cfg80211 bluetooth snd_timer i2c_piix4 igc snd k10temp i2c_smbus soundcore ptp mousedev mc joydev rfkill libarc4 pps_core wacom gpio_amdpt gpio_generic mac_hid nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables crypto_user pkcs8_key_parser ntsync nfnetlink dm_crypt encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee dm_mod hid_logitech_hidpp amdgpu amdxcp i2c_algo_bit drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_exec drm_panel_backlight_quirks gpu_sched drm_suballoc_helper drm_buddy nvme polyval_clmulni hid_logitech_dj drm_display_helper ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core ccp cec aesni_intel video nvme_keyring nvme_auth hkdf wmi Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CPU: 5 UID: 1000 PID: 327490 Comm: Backgro~ol #189 Tainted: G W 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 PREEMPT(full) e9d53cde2ee9d1bdaa4464d2214ad0f22bd43723 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Tainted: [W]=WARN Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI, BIOS 3057 10/29/2024 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xff/0x110 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Code: 88 4a 5d 8f c6 05 13 ce ae 01 01 e8 bb 7c 7b ff 0f 0b e9 bf fe 56 ff 48 c7 c7 e0 4a 5d 8f c6 05 f7 cd ae 01 01 e8 a1 7c 7b ff <0f> 0b e9 a5 fe 56 ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffcff6eed07868 EFLAGS: 00010246 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e330174b110 RCX: 0000000000000027 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RDX: ffff8e41de15d008 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8e41de15d000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RBP: ffff8e32d3349060 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffdfff Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R10: ffffffff90bbaa40 R11: ffffcff6eed07700 R12: 0000000000000000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R13: ffff8e32d35393f0 R14: ffff8e330174b228 R15: 0000000000000000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: FS: 00007fb4ae5e56c0(0000) GS:ffff8e424d632000(0000) knlGS:00007fa800000000 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CR2: 00007f87aaf44000 CR3: 000000012615c000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: PKRU: 55555554 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Call Trace: Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: <TASK> Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x2f6/0x310 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_flags+0x190/0x380 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode+0xda/0x120 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_evict_inode+0x286/0x3e0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? xas_load+0xd/0xd0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: evict+0x117/0x290 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __dentry_kill+0x6b/0x190 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: dput+0xeb/0x1c0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: do_renameat2+0x41e/0x580 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __x64_sys_rename+0x7a/0xc0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: do_syscall_64+0x81/0x7f0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x273/0x350 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_block_rsv_release+0x105/0x1f0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __btrfs_qgroup_free_meta+0x2b/0x160 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_inode_rsv_release+0x60/0xf0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_drop_folio+0x3c/0x60 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_buffered_write+0x527/0x8a0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? vfs_write+0x2e6/0x480 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? xas_load+0xd/0xd0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? xa_load+0x76/0xb0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? refill_obj_stock+0x12e/0x240 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __memcg_slab_free_hook+0xf4/0x140 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? kmem_cache_free+0x549/0x5d0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __x64_sys_close+0x3d/0x80 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __x64_sys_close+0x3d/0x80 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x7f0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? switch_fpu_return+0x4e/0xd0 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7fb53e460adb Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Code: c0 48 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 ff ff ff ff eb eb 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 52 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 05 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 01 72 1a 00 f7 d8 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RSP: 002b:00007fb4ae5e3d88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000052 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000055 RCX: 00007fb53e460adb Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RDX: 0000000000000055 RSI: 00007fb4ae5e3d90 RDI: 00007fb4ae5e3f10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RBP: 00007fb4ae5e4100 R08: 8080808080808080 R09: 0101010101010100 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R10: fffefffffefffcff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fb4ae5e3d90 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R13: 0000000000000054 R14: 00007fb471740790 R15: 00007fb4ae5e3f10 Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: </TASK> Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ``` ~gtf [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 659 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: refcount_warn_saturate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node for 6.18.2-arch2-1 2026-01-06 22:01 refcount_warn_saturate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node for 6.18.2-arch2-1 Gideon Farrell @ 2026-01-07 1:10 ` Leo Martins 2026-01-07 1:52 ` Christian Heusel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Leo Martins @ 2026-01-07 1:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gideon Farrell; +Cc: linux-btrfs On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:01:58 +0000 "Gideon Farrell" <gideon@solnickfarrell.co.uk> wrote: > Hi there, > > I recently experienced a type of crash I haven't seen before on this system which seems to originate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node on Kernel 6.18.2-arch2-1. Hey, thanks for the report. This looks very similar to a different report that has been fixed in 6.19-rc5. Report: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202511262228.6dda231e-lkp@intel.com/ Fix: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/7c89417ac3352ce3cb0a6373a1746155c1e2754d.1765588168.git.loemra.dev@gmail.com/ Please let me know if this fixes your issue. > > Here's the stack trace: > > ``` Are these the first refcount_t: warnings in your dmesg? I would expect an earlier warning that looks like refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory. > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 299428 at lib/refcount.c:22 refcount_warn_saturate+0x55/0x110 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Modules linked in: uinput uas usb_storage rfcomm tun ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep 8021q garp mrp stp llc vfat fat amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common mt7921e snd_hda_codec_atihdmi mt7921_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi mt792x_lib snd_hda_intel mt76_connac_lib uvcvideo kvm_amd snd_hda_codec mt76 videobuf2_vmalloc snd_usb_audio uvc btusb snd_hda_core snd_usbmidi_lib videobuf2_memops kvm btmtk asus_nb_wmi snd_ump snd_intel_dspcfg videobuf2_v4l2 btrtl asus_wmi mac80211 snd_rawmidi spd5118 asus_ec_sensors snd_intel_sdw_acpi btbcm videobuf2_common platform_profile irqbypass snd_hwdep snd_seq_device btintel sp5100_tco rapl pcspkr videodev snd_pcm sparse_keymap wmi_bmof cfg80211 bluetooth snd_timer i2c_piix4 igc snd k10temp i2c_smbus soundcore ptp mousedev mc joydev rfkill libarc4 pps_core wacom gpio_amdpt gpio_generic mac_hid nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables crypto_user pkcs8_key_parser ntsync nfnetlink dm_crypt encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee dm_mod hid_logitech_hidpp amdgpu amdxcp i2c_algo_bit drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_exec drm_panel_backlight_quirks gpu_sched drm_suballoc_helper drm_buddy nvme polyval_clmulni hid_logitech_dj drm_display_helper ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core ccp cec aesni_intel video nvme_keyring nvme_auth hkdf wmi > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 299428 Comm: kworker/u97:4 Tainted: G W 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 PREEMPT(full) e9d53cde2ee9d1bdaa4464d2214ad0f22bd43723 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Tainted: [W]=WARN > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI, BIOS 3057 10/29/2024 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Workqueue: btrfs-delalloc btrfs_work_helper > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x55/0x110 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Code: 84 bc 00 00 00 e9 76 ff 56 ff 85 f6 74 46 80 3d b4 ce ae 01 00 75 ee 48 c7 c7 60 4a 5d 8f c6 05 a4 ce ae 01 01 e8 4b 7d 7b ff <0f> 0b e9 4f ff 56 ff 80 3d 8d ce ae 01 00 75 cb 48 c7 c7 10 4b 5d > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffcff6e1687b90 EFLAGS: 00010246 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e330174b110 RCX: 0000000000000027 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RDX: ffff8e41de15d008 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8e41de15d000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RBP: ffff8e32d3349060 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffdfff > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R10: ffffffff90bbaa40 R11: ffffcff6e1687a28 R12: 0000000000020000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8e330174b228 R15: 0000000000000000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e424d632000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CR2: 000033b723ba6004 CR3: 0000000024a24000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: PKRU: 55555554 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Call Trace: > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: <TASK> > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x2e7/0x310 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_delayed_update_inode+0xf5/0x1e0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_update_root_times+0x75/0xa0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_update_inode+0x59/0xc0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __cow_file_range_inline+0x16c/0x3f0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: cow_file_range_inline.constprop.0+0xd7/0x140 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: compress_file_range+0x3d6/0x5c0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_submit_compressed_extents+0x10/0x10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_work_helper+0xe1/0x380 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: process_one_work+0x193/0x350 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: worker_thread+0x2d7/0x410 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: kthread+0xfc/0x240 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ret_from_fork+0x1c2/0x1f0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: </TASK> > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 327490 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xff/0x110 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Modules linked in: uinput uas usb_storage rfcomm tun ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep 8021q garp mrp stp llc vfat fat amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common mt7921e snd_hda_codec_atihdmi mt7921_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi mt792x_lib snd_hda_intel mt76_connac_lib uvcvideo kvm_amd snd_hda_codec mt76 videobuf2_vmalloc snd_usb_audio uvc btusb snd_hda_core snd_usbmidi_lib videobuf2_memops kvm btmtk asus_nb_wmi snd_ump snd_intel_dspcfg videobuf2_v4l2 btrtl asus_wmi mac80211 snd_rawmidi spd5118 asus_ec_sensors snd_intel_sdw_acpi btbcm videobuf2_common platform_profile irqbypass snd_hwdep snd_seq_device btintel sp5100_tco rapl pcspkr videodev snd_pcm sparse_keymap wmi_bmof cfg80211 bluetooth snd_timer i2c_piix4 igc snd k10temp i2c_smbus soundcore ptp mousedev mc joydev rfkill libarc4 pps_core wacom gpio_amdpt gpio_generic mac_hid nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables crypto_user pkcs8_key_parser ntsync nfnetlink dm_crypt encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee dm_mod hid_logitech_hidpp amdgpu amdxcp i2c_algo_bit drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_exec drm_panel_backlight_quirks gpu_sched drm_suballoc_helper drm_buddy nvme polyval_clmulni hid_logitech_dj drm_display_helper ghash_clmulni_intel nvme_core ccp cec aesni_intel video nvme_keyring nvme_auth hkdf wmi > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CPU: 5 UID: 1000 PID: 327490 Comm: Backgro~ol #189 Tainted: G W 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 PREEMPT(full) e9d53cde2ee9d1bdaa4464d2214ad0f22bd43723 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Tainted: [W]=WARN > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI, BIOS 3057 10/29/2024 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xff/0x110 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Code: 88 4a 5d 8f c6 05 13 ce ae 01 01 e8 bb 7c 7b ff 0f 0b e9 bf fe 56 ff 48 c7 c7 e0 4a 5d 8f c6 05 f7 cd ae 01 01 e8 a1 7c 7b ff <0f> 0b e9 a5 fe 56 ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffcff6eed07868 EFLAGS: 00010246 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e330174b110 RCX: 0000000000000027 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RDX: ffff8e41de15d008 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8e41de15d000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RBP: ffff8e32d3349060 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffdfff > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R10: ffffffff90bbaa40 R11: ffffcff6eed07700 R12: 0000000000000000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R13: ffff8e32d35393f0 R14: ffff8e330174b228 R15: 0000000000000000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: FS: 00007fb4ae5e56c0(0000) GS:ffff8e424d632000(0000) knlGS:00007fa800000000 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: CR2: 00007f87aaf44000 CR3: 000000012615c000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: PKRU: 55555554 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Call Trace: > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: <TASK> > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x2f6/0x310 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_flags+0x190/0x380 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode+0xda/0x120 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: btrfs_evict_inode+0x286/0x3e0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? xas_load+0xd/0xd0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: evict+0x117/0x290 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __dentry_kill+0x6b/0x190 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: dput+0xeb/0x1c0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: do_renameat2+0x41e/0x580 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: __x64_sys_rename+0x7a/0xc0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: do_syscall_64+0x81/0x7f0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x273/0x350 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_block_rsv_release+0x105/0x1f0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __btrfs_qgroup_free_meta+0x2b/0x160 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_inode_rsv_release+0x60/0xf0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_drop_folio+0x3c/0x60 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? btrfs_buffered_write+0x527/0x8a0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? vfs_write+0x2e6/0x480 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? xas_load+0xd/0xd0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? xa_load+0x76/0xb0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? refill_obj_stock+0x12e/0x240 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __memcg_slab_free_hook+0xf4/0x140 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? kmem_cache_free+0x549/0x5d0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __x64_sys_close+0x3d/0x80 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? __x64_sys_close+0x3d/0x80 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x7f0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? switch_fpu_return+0x4e/0xd0 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7fb53e460adb > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: Code: c0 48 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 ff ff ff ff eb eb 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 52 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 05 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 01 72 1a 00 f7 d8 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RSP: 002b:00007fb4ae5e3d88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000052 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000055 RCX: 00007fb53e460adb > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RDX: 0000000000000055 RSI: 00007fb4ae5e3d90 RDI: 00007fb4ae5e3f10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: RBP: 00007fb4ae5e4100 R08: 8080808080808080 R09: 0101010101010100 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R10: fffefffffefffcff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fb4ae5e3d90 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: R13: 0000000000000054 R14: 00007fb471740790 R15: 00007fb4ae5e3f10 > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: </TASK> > Jan 06 16:46:07 leviathan kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- > ``` > > ~gtf > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: refcount_warn_saturate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node for 6.18.2-arch2-1 2026-01-07 1:10 ` Leo Martins @ 2026-01-07 1:52 ` Christian Heusel 2026-01-07 13:15 ` Christian Heusel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Christian Heusel @ 2026-01-07 1:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leo Martins; +Cc: Gideon Farrell, linux-btrfs, regressions, arch-devops [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 11490 bytes --] On 26/01/06 05:10PM, Leo Martins wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:01:58 +0000 "Gideon Farrell" <gideon@solnickfarrell.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I recently experienced a type of crash I haven't seen before on this system which seems to originate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node on Kernel 6.18.2-arch2-1. > > Hey, thanks for the report. This looks very similar to a different > report that has been fixed in 6.19-rc5. > Report: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202511262228.6dda231e-lkp@intel.com/ I think this is the issue we have been seeing on the Arch Linux infrastructure aswell, see this issue for reference: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/788#note_385420 This has caused us to downgrade the kernel on all hosts in our infrastructure due to the crashes caused by this. > Fix: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/7c89417ac3352ce3cb0a6373a1746155c1e2754d.1765588168.git.loemra.dev@gmail.com/ > > Please let me know if this fixes your issue. So far we have not found a good lab-setting to reproduce the issue outside of the production machines workloads (but we have also not looked into the issue a lot). Do you have a good reproducer already that we could use to verify the fix? Also the fix is not yet even scheduled for inclusion in the stable trees, since it is still not in linus tree right? > > > > > Here's the stack trace: > > > > ``` > > Are these the first refcount_t: warnings in your dmesg? I would > expect an earlier warning that looks like > refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. > This is what our stacktrace looks like: [231923.304874] hrtimer: interrupt took 3785426 ns [472012.335914] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [472012.335919] refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. [472012.335953] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 378191 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xe5/0x110 [472012.335978] Modules linked in: wireguard libcurve25519 ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel cfg80211 rfkill nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat ip6table_nat ip6table_mangle ip6table_raw ip6table_security iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_mangle iptable_raw iptable_security nf_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common isst_if_mbox_msr isst_if_common skx_edac_common nfit libnvdimm encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee polyval_clmulni ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel rapl i2c_i801 i2c_smbus psmouse pcspkr i2c_mux joydev iTCO_wdt intel_pmc_bxt mousedev iTCO_vendor_support mac_hid tun nfnetlink vsock_loopback vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common zram vmw_vsock_vmci_transport 842_decompress 842_compress vsock lz4hc_compress lz4_compress vmw_vmci qemu_fw_cfg virtio_net sr_mod net_failover cdrom virtio_scsi lpc_ich failover [472012.336187] intel_agp virtio_balloon virtio_gpu intel_gtt virtio_dma_buf serio_raw virtio_rng [472012.336217] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 378191 Comm: kworker/u8:7 Not tainted 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 PREEMPT(full) e9d53cde2ee9d1bdaa4464d2214ad0f22bd43723 [472012.336226] Hardware name: Hetzner vServer/Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 20171111 11/11/2017 [472012.336233] Workqueue: btrfs-delalloc btrfs_work_helper [472012.336243] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xe5/0x110 [472012.336249] Code: 7c 7b ff 0f 0b c3 cc cc cc cc 80 3d 27 ce ae 01 00 0f 85 5e ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 88 4a 1d 9a c6 05 13 ce ae 01 01 e8 bb 7c 7b ff <0f> 0b e9 14 70 83 00 48 c7 c7 e0 4a 1d 9a c6 05 f7 cd ae 01 01 e8 [472012.336251] RSP: 0018:ffffd0da0550bb68 EFLAGS: 00010246 [472012.336257] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8f5461439618 RCX: 0000000000000027 [472012.336259] RDX: ffff8f55b5c1d008 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8f55b5c1d000 [472012.336261] RBP: ffff8f5546bee368 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffefff [472012.336263] R10: ffffffff9aa613c0 R11: ffffd0da0550ba00 R12: ffff8f5459b7b310 [472012.336265] R13: 00000000071412e0 R14: ffff8f54869aec00 R15: ffff8f5546bee000 [472012.336267] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f561a4f2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [472012.336269] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [472012.336271] CR2: 00007f1662c2d000 CR3: 00000000011d0001 CR4: 00000000007706f0 [472012.336276] PKRU: 55555554 [472012.336277] Call Trace: [472012.336280] <TASK> [472012.336282] btrfs_get_delayed_node.isra.0+0xda/0x1b0 [472012.336302] btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node.isra.0+0x134/0x1b0 [472012.336306] btrfs_delayed_update_inode+0x28/0x1e0 [472012.336310] ? btrfs_update_root_times+0x75/0xa0 [472012.336314] btrfs_update_inode+0x59/0xc0 [472012.336319] __cow_file_range_inline+0x16c/0x3f0 [472012.336325] cow_file_range_inline.constprop.0+0xd7/0x140 [472012.336357] compress_file_range+0x3d6/0x5c0 [472012.336368] ? __pfx_submit_compressed_extents+0x10/0x10 [472012.336372] btrfs_work_helper+0xe1/0x380 [472012.336376] process_one_work+0x193/0x350 [472012.336382] worker_thread+0x2d7/0x410 [472012.336387] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [472012.336391] kthread+0xfc/0x240 [472012.336394] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [472012.336397] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [472012.336400] ret_from_fork+0x1c2/0x1f0 [472012.336405] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [472012.336407] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [472012.336415] </TASK> [472012.336416] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [514764.706607] clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU1: Marking clocksource 'tsc' as unstable because the skew is too large: [514764.706619] clocksource: 'kvm-clock' wd_nsec: 503967155 wd_now: 15063bc7c98819 wd_last: 15063ba9bf9a66 mask: ffffffffffffffff [514764.706623] clocksource: 'tsc' cs_nsec: 504385576 cs_now: 43249c5a1bef6 cs_last: 4324980a5e4ee mask: ffffffffffffffff [514764.706626] clocksource: Clocksource 'tsc' skewed 418421 ns (0 ms) over watchdog 'kvm-clock' interval of 503967155 ns (503 ms) [514764.706629] clocksource: 'kvm-clock' (not 'tsc') is current clocksource. [514764.706631] tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to clocksource watchdog [565801.098513] BTRFS critical (device sda2): failed to delete reference to index, root 5 inode 119459904 parent 4158694 [565801.098639] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [565801.098643] BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -2) [565801.098718] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3731148 at fs/btrfs/inode.c:4297 __btrfs_unlink_inode+0x41f/0x440 [565801.098772] Modules linked in: wireguard libcurve25519 ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel cfg80211 rfkill nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat ip6table_nat ip6table_mangle ip6table_raw ip6table_security iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_mangle iptable_raw iptable_security nf_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common isst_if_mbox_msr isst_if_common skx_edac_common nfit libnvdimm encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee polyval_clmulni ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel rapl i2c_i801 i2c_smbus psmouse pcspkr i2c_mux joydev iTCO_wdt intel_pmc_bxt mousedev iTCO_vendor_support mac_hid tun nfnetlink vsock_loopback vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common zram vmw_vsock_vmci_transport 842_decompress 842_compress vsock lz4hc_compress lz4_compress vmw_vmci qemu_fw_cfg virtio_net sr_mod net_failover cdrom virtio_scsi lpc_ich failover [565801.099194] intel_agp virtio_balloon virtio_gpu intel_gtt virtio_dma_buf serio_raw virtio_rng [565801.099264] CPU: 1 UID: 967 PID: 3731148 Comm: git Tainted: G W 6.18.2-arch2-1 #1 PREEMPT(full) e9d53cde2ee9d1bdaa4464d2214ad0f22bd43723 [565801.099294] Tainted: [W]=WARN [565801.099304] Hardware name: Hetzner vServer/Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 20171111 11/11/2017 [565801.099320] RIP: 0010:__btrfs_unlink_inode+0x41f/0x440 [565801.099339] Code: 9a 89 04 24 e8 82 35 a3 ff 0f 0b 8b 04 24 41 b8 01 00 00 00 e9 ee 6e 91 ff 89 c6 48 c7 c7 08 b6 1b 9a 89 04 24 e8 61 35 a3 ff <0f> 0b 8b 04 24 41 b8 01 00 00 00 e9 f5 6e 91 ff b8 f4 ff ff ff e9 [565801.099347] RSP: 0018:ffffd0da05fc3ae0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [565801.099363] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8f54514cf400 RCX: 0000000000000027 [565801.099369] RDX: ffff8f55b5d1d008 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8f55b5d1d000 [565801.099374] RBP: ffff8f554f875800 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffefff [565801.099379] R10: ffffffff9aa613c0 R11: ffffd0da05fc3978 R12: ffff8f5447173770 [565801.099383] R13: ffff8f554059c930 R14: ffff8f5546bee000 R15: ffffd0da05fc3bf0 [565801.099388] FS: 00007fce22144740(0000) GS:ffff8f561a5f2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [565801.099395] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [565801.099402] CR2: 0000561bbb192000 CR3: 000000000fc4a001 CR4: 00000000007706f0 [565801.099415] PKRU: 55555554 [565801.099419] Call Trace: [565801.099424] <TASK> [565801.099438] btrfs_rename+0x3d2/0xd10 [565801.099475] btrfs_rename2+0x28/0x60 [565801.099484] vfs_rename+0x7f3/0xd90 [565801.099500] do_renameat2+0x40e/0x580 [565801.099515] __x64_sys_rename+0x7a/0xc0 [565801.099521] do_syscall_64+0x81/0x7f0 [565801.099531] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x21a/0x690 [565801.099542] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0 [565801.099549] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0 [565801.099555] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0 [565801.099561] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [565801.099568] RIP: 0033:0x7fce21e60adb [565801.099665] Code: c0 48 8b 5d f8 c9 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 ff ff ff ff eb eb 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 52 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 05 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 01 72 1a 00 f7 d8 [565801.099670] RSP: 002b:00007ffc913073b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000052 [565801.099677] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000561bbb167650 RCX: 00007fce21e60adb [565801.099681] RDX: 00000000ffffffff RSI: 0000561bbb16b020 RDI: 0000561bbb16a700 [565801.099685] RBP: 00007ffc913073e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000034 [565801.099689] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000561bbb16b020 [565801.099693] R13: 00007ffc91307530 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [565801.099716] </TASK> [565801.099719] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [565801.099736] BTRFS: error (device sda2 state A) in __btrfs_unlink_inode:4297: errno=-2 No such entry [565801.099779] BTRFS info (device sda2 state EA): forced readonly [565801.099929] BTRFS: error (device sda2 state EA) in btrfs_rename:8588: errno=-2 No such entry [565843.595829] systemd-journald[382]: /var/log/journal/7c70006779c84e4289a748b91a60ece7/system.journal: Journal file corrupted, rotating. [565843.596029] systemd-journald[382]: Failed to rotate /var/log/journal/7c70006779c84e4289a748b91a60ece7/system.journal: Read-only file system [565843.637938] systemd-journald[382]: Failed to write entry to /var/log/journal/7c70006779c84e4289a748b91a60ece7/system.journal (24 items, 790 bytes) despite vacuuming, ignoring: Bad message [565875.550945] systemd-journald[382]: /var/log/journal/7c70006779c84e4289a748b91a60ece7/system.journal: Journal file corrupted, rotating. [565875.551005] systemd-journald[382]: Failed to rotate /var/log/journal/7c70006779c84e4289a748b91a60ece7/system.journal: Read-only file system Cheers, Chris [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: refcount_warn_saturate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node for 6.18.2-arch2-1 2026-01-07 1:52 ` Christian Heusel @ 2026-01-07 13:15 ` Christian Heusel 2026-01-07 17:45 ` Leo Martins 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Christian Heusel @ 2026-01-07 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Leo Martins; +Cc: Gideon Farrell, linux-btrfs, regressions, arch-devops [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2067 bytes --] On 26/01/07 02:52AM, Christian Heusel wrote: > On 26/01/06 05:10PM, Leo Martins wrote: > > On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:01:58 +0000 "Gideon Farrell" <gideon@solnickfarrell.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I recently experienced a type of crash I haven't seen before on this system which seems to originate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node on Kernel 6.18.2-arch2-1. > > > > Hey, thanks for the report. This looks very similar to a different > > report that has been fixed in 6.19-rc5. > > Report: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202511262228.6dda231e-lkp@intel.com/ > > I think this is the issue we have been seeing on the Arch Linux > infrastructure aswell, see this issue for reference: > > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/788#note_385420 > > This has caused us to downgrade the kernel on all hosts in our > infrastructure due to the crashes caused by this. > > > Fix: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/7c89417ac3352ce3cb0a6373a1746155c1e2754d.1765588168.git.loemra.dev@gmail.com/ > > > > Please let me know if this fixes your issue. > > So far we have not found a good lab-setting to reproduce the issue > outside of the production machines workloads (but we have also not > looked into the issue a lot). > > Do you have a good reproducer already that we could use to verify the > fix? > > Also the fix is not yet even scheduled for inclusion in the stable > trees, since it is still not in linus tree right? Sorry, I messed up here! I got fooled by the output of `git log --grep` and therefore missed the commit! As pointed out by heftig on gitlab the commit already is present in 6.18.3 which I'll try to roll out to our systems shortly! :) > > > > > > > > > Here's the stack trace: > > > > > > ``` > > > > Are these the first refcount_t: warnings in your dmesg? I would > > expect an earlier warning that looks like > > refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. > > > > This is what our stacktrace looks like: > > [...] > > Cheers, > Chris [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: refcount_warn_saturate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node for 6.18.2-arch2-1 2026-01-07 13:15 ` Christian Heusel @ 2026-01-07 17:45 ` Leo Martins 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Leo Martins @ 2026-01-07 17:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Christian Heusel; +Cc: Gideon Farrell, linux-btrfs, regressions, arch-devops On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 14:15:56 +0100 Christian Heusel <christian@heusel.eu> wrote: > On 26/01/07 02:52AM, Christian Heusel wrote: > > On 26/01/06 05:10PM, Leo Martins wrote: > > > On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:01:58 +0000 "Gideon Farrell" <gideon@solnickfarrell.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > I recently experienced a type of crash I haven't seen before on this system which seems to originate in __btrfs_release_delayed_node on Kernel 6.18.2-arch2-1. > > > > > > Hey, thanks for the report. This looks very similar to a different > > > report that has been fixed in 6.19-rc5. > > > Report: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202511262228.6dda231e-lkp@intel.com/ > > > > I think this is the issue we have been seeing on the Arch Linux > > infrastructure aswell, see this issue for reference: > > > > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/788#note_385420 > > > > This has caused us to downgrade the kernel on all hosts in our > > infrastructure due to the crashes caused by this. > > > > > Fix: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/7c89417ac3352ce3cb0a6373a1746155c1e2754d.1765588168.git.loemra.dev@gmail.com/ > > > > > > Please let me know if this fixes your issue. > > > > So far we have not found a good lab-setting to reproduce the issue > > outside of the production machines workloads (but we have also not > > looked into the issue a lot). > > > > Do you have a good reproducer already that we could use to verify the > > fix? I believe the lkp-test from the original report is able to consistently reproduce this. > > > > Also the fix is not yet even scheduled for inclusion in the stable > > trees, since it is still not in linus tree right? > > Sorry, I messed up here! I got fooled by the output of `git log --grep` > and therefore missed the commit! As pointed out by heftig on gitlab the > commit already is present in 6.18.3 which I'll try to roll out to our > systems shortly! :) Let me know if you're still seeing any issues after rolling out the fix. Thanks, Leo Martins. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's the stack trace: > > > > > > > > ``` > > > > > > Are these the first refcount_t: warnings in your dmesg? I would > > > expect an earlier warning that looks like > > > refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. > > > > > > > This is what our stacktrace looks like: > > > > [...] > > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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