From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, nbd@other.debian.org,
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
syzbot+607cdcf978b3e79da878@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] nbd: Reclassify sockets to avoid lockdep circular dependency
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:26:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260613042619.1108126-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
syzbot reported a possible circular locking dependency in udp_sendmsg()
where fs_reclaim can be triggered while holding sk_lock, and fs_reclaim
can eventually depend on another sk_lock (e.g., if NBD is used for swap
or writeback and NBD uses TLS/TCP which acquires sk_lock).
Since the UDP socket and the NBD TCP/TLS socket are different, this is a
false positive. Fix this by reclassifying NBD sockets to a separate lock
class when they are added to the NBD device.
This is similar to what nvme-tcp and other network block devices do.
Fixes: ffa1e7ada456 ("block: Make request_queue lockdep splats show up earlier")
Reported-by: syzbot+607cdcf978b3e79da878@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a2cdafe.428ffe26.258b27.0161.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index fe63f3c55d0d960a1a4bbb2c60738cbbece10719..0e2180e910c4eaaa58556a0c75c1b9c3fdc1930d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1238,6 +1238,42 @@ static struct socket *nbd_get_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long fd,
return sock;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+static struct lock_class_key nbd_key[3];
+static struct lock_class_key nbd_slock_key[3];
+
+static void nbd_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock)
+{
+ struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sock_allow_reclassification(sk)))
+ return;
+
+ switch (sk->sk_family) {
+ case AF_INET:
+ sock_lock_init_class_and_name(sk, "slock-AF_INET-NBD",
+ &nbd_slock_key[0],
+ "sk_lock-AF_INET-NBD",
+ &nbd_key[0]);
+ break;
+ case AF_INET6:
+ sock_lock_init_class_and_name(sk, "slock-AF_INET6-NBD",
+ &nbd_slock_key[1],
+ "sk_lock-AF_INET6-NBD",
+ &nbd_key[1]);
+ break;
+ case AF_UNIX:
+ sock_lock_init_class_and_name(sk, "slock-AF_UNIX-NBD",
+ &nbd_slock_key[2],
+ "sk_lock-AF_UNIX-NBD",
+ &nbd_key[2]);
+ break;
+ }
+}
+#else
+static inline void nbd_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock) {}
+#endif
+
static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
bool netlink)
{
@@ -1254,6 +1290,7 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
sock = nbd_get_socket(nbd, arg, &err);
if (!sock)
return err;
+ nbd_reclassify_socket(sock);
/*
* We need to make sure we don't get any errant requests while we're
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-13 4:26 UTC|newest]
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2026-06-13 4:26 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-06-13 10:12 ` [PATCH] nbd: Reclassify sockets to avoid lockdep circular dependency Hillf Danton
2026-06-13 12:34 ` Jens Axboe
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