* [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in igrab
@ 2026-10-12 19:13 syzbot
2026-10-13 1:56 ` Andrew Morton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: syzbot @ 2026-10-12 19:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: akpm, david, linux-kernel, linux-mm, muchun.song, qi.zheng,
roman.gushchin, syzkaller-bugs
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: b01868671970 Add linux-next specific files for 20261007
git tree: linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17ab503c580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=9ac1ab2cf2112eb1
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9d97402eade2fc0c065c
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/20420067bb60/disk-b0186867.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/14149d837264/vmlinux-b0186867.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/17346f8094aa/bzImage-b0186867.xz
IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+9d97402eade2fc0c065c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.5.203/6616 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807e4d81e0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
ffff88807e4d81e0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
but task is already holding lock:
ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
list_lru_lock mm/list_lru.c:156 [inline]
list_lru_add+0x57/0x290 mm/list_lru.c:229
list_lru_add_obj+0x191/0x270 mm/list_lru.c:254
d_lru_add+0xd8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:522
retain_dentry fs/dcache.c:912 [inline]
fast_dput+0x55c/0x690 fs/dcache.c:1005
dput+0x2b/0x60 fs/dcache.c:1054
path_put fs/namei.c:722 [inline]
put_link+0x112/0x190 fs/namei.c:1201
walk_component fs/namei.c:2316 [inline]
link_path_walk+0x12da/0x1910 fs/namei.c:2682
path_openat+0x1c4/0x1da0 fs/namei.c:5036
do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:5069
do_open_execat+0x12b/0x590 fs/exec.c:786
open_exec fs/exec.c:822 [inline]
bprm_open_interpreter+0x85/0xb0 fs/exec.c:1455
load_elf_binary+0x1a5d/0x28d0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:904
search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1777 [inline]
exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1809 [inline]
bprm_execve+0x930/0x1590 fs/exec.c:1865
kernel_execve+0x8af/0x9a0 fs/exec.c:2009
try_to_run_init_process+0x13/0x60 init/main.c:1489
kernel_init+0xb2/0x1d0 init/main.c:1619
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
-> #1 (&lockref->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
d_instantiate+0x72/0xb0 fs/dcache.c:2252
d_make_root+0x59/0x80 fs/dcache.c:2294
shmem_fill_super+0xcbc/0x1150 mm/shmem.c:5290
get_tree_super fs/super.c:1400 [inline]
get_tree_nodev+0xbb/0x150 fs/super.c:1420
vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1943
fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1278 [inline]
vfs_kern_mount+0x15b/0x220 fs/namespace.c:1316
kern_mount+0x43/0x90 fs/namespace.c:6500
shmem_init+0x37/0x170 mm/shmem.c:5610
mnt_init+0x19b/0x1f0 fs/namespace.c:6481
vfs_caches_init+0x22/0x30 fs/dcache.c:3686
start_kernel+0x351/0x3e0 init/main.c:1170
x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
x86_64_start_kernel+0x137/0x1b0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
common_startup_64+0x13e/0x157
-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}:
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x4f/0x290 mm/shmem.c:874
__list_lru_walk_one+0x171/0x440 mm/list_lru.c:362
list_lru_walk_one+0x3c/0x50 mm/list_lru.c:399
list_lru_shrink_walk include/linux/list_lru.h:332 [inline]
shmem_unused_huge_shrink+0x173/0x1270 mm/shmem.c:966
super_cache_scan+0x411/0x4a0 fs/super.c:231
do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:445
shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
shrink_slab+0x838/0x1210 mm/shrinker.c:640
drop_slab_node mm/vmscan.c:488 [inline]
drop_slab+0x140/0x280 mm/vmscan.c:506
drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xc7/0x170 fs/drop_caches.c:68
proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c1/0x830 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:600
do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1058
do_writev+0x154/0x2e0 fs/read_write.c:1104
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
&sb->s_type->i_lock_key --> &lockref->lock --> &l->lock
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&l->lock);
lock(&lockref->lock);
lock(&l->lock);
lock(&sb->s_type->i_lock_key);
*** DEADLOCK ***
locks held by syz.5.203/6616: 5, last CPU#0:
#0: ffff88807a2ef270 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x118/0x160 fs/file.c:1408
#1: ffff8880582de460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2756 [inline]
#1: ffff8880582de460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_writev+0x2af/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1056
#2: ffff88807fe9e0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:670 [inline]
#2: ffff88807fe9e0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x94/0x4a0 fs/super.c:200
#3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
#3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
#3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
#4: ffff88807e4d8018 (&info->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:359 [inline]
#4: ffff88807e4d8018 (&info->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x26/0x290 mm/shmem.c:870
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6616 Comm: syz.5.203 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2087
check_noncircular+0x12f/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x4f/0x290 mm/shmem.c:874
__list_lru_walk_one+0x171/0x440 mm/list_lru.c:362
list_lru_walk_one+0x3c/0x50 mm/list_lru.c:399
list_lru_shrink_walk include/linux/list_lru.h:332 [inline]
shmem_unused_huge_shrink+0x173/0x1270 mm/shmem.c:966
super_cache_scan+0x411/0x4a0 fs/super.c:231
do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:445
shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
shrink_slab+0x838/0x1210 mm/shrinker.c:640
drop_slab_node mm/vmscan.c:488 [inline]
drop_slab+0x140/0x280 mm/vmscan.c:506
drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xc7/0x170 fs/drop_caches.c:68
proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c1/0x830 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:600
do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1058
do_writev+0x154/0x2e0 fs/read_write.c:1104
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fe53d79e199
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fe53e739028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe53da25fa0 RCX: 00007fe53d79e199
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fe53d835888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe53da26038 R14: 00007fe53da25fa0 R15: 00007ffc0e7c9828
</TASK>
syz.5.203 (6616): drop_caches: 2
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* Re: [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in igrab
2026-10-12 19:13 [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in igrab syzbot
@ 2026-10-13 1:56 ` Andrew Morton
2026-10-13 2:17 ` Qi Zheng
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2026-10-13 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: syzbot
Cc: david, linux-kernel, linux-mm, muchun.song, qi.zheng,
roman.gushchin, syzkaller-bugs
On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:13:31 -0700 syzbot <syzbot+9d97402eade2fc0c065c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following issue on:
>
> HEAD commit: b01868671970 Add linux-next specific files for 20261007
> git tree: linux-next
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17ab503c580000
> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=9ac1ab2cf2112eb1
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9d97402eade2fc0c065c
> compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
>
> Downloadable assets:
> disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/20420067bb60/disk-b0186867.raw.xz
> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/14149d837264/vmlinux-b0186867.xz
> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/17346f8094aa/bzImage-b0186867.xz
>
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+9d97402eade2fc0c065c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>
> ======================================================
> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> syzkaller #0 Not tainted
> ------------------------------------------------------
Thanks.
LLM firmly points at mm-stable's 743e7d025d2f ("mm: shmem: make unused
huge shrinker memcg aware").
This comes at an awkward time. The three patch series "make unused
huge shrinker memcg aware", v4 reverts cleanly so I'm inclined to do
that.
If people can come up with a confident fix which we can upstream as a
hotfix during 7.4-rcX then maybe OK.
> syz.5.203/6616 is trying to acquire lock:
> ffff88807e4d81e0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> ffff88807e4d81e0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
> ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
>
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
>
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>
> -> #2 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
> lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
> list_lru_lock mm/list_lru.c:156 [inline]
> list_lru_add+0x57/0x290 mm/list_lru.c:229
> list_lru_add_obj+0x191/0x270 mm/list_lru.c:254
> d_lru_add+0xd8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:522
> retain_dentry fs/dcache.c:912 [inline]
> fast_dput+0x55c/0x690 fs/dcache.c:1005
> dput+0x2b/0x60 fs/dcache.c:1054
> path_put fs/namei.c:722 [inline]
> put_link+0x112/0x190 fs/namei.c:1201
> walk_component fs/namei.c:2316 [inline]
> link_path_walk+0x12da/0x1910 fs/namei.c:2682
> path_openat+0x1c4/0x1da0 fs/namei.c:5036
> do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:5069
> do_open_execat+0x12b/0x590 fs/exec.c:786
> open_exec fs/exec.c:822 [inline]
> bprm_open_interpreter+0x85/0xb0 fs/exec.c:1455
> load_elf_binary+0x1a5d/0x28d0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:904
> search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1777 [inline]
> exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1809 [inline]
> bprm_execve+0x930/0x1590 fs/exec.c:1865
> kernel_execve+0x8af/0x9a0 fs/exec.c:2009
> try_to_run_init_process+0x13/0x60 init/main.c:1489
> kernel_init+0xb2/0x1d0 init/main.c:1619
> ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
> ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
>
> -> #1 (&lockref->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> d_instantiate+0x72/0xb0 fs/dcache.c:2252
> d_make_root+0x59/0x80 fs/dcache.c:2294
> shmem_fill_super+0xcbc/0x1150 mm/shmem.c:5290
> get_tree_super fs/super.c:1400 [inline]
> get_tree_nodev+0xbb/0x150 fs/super.c:1420
> vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1943
> fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1278 [inline]
> vfs_kern_mount+0x15b/0x220 fs/namespace.c:1316
> kern_mount+0x43/0x90 fs/namespace.c:6500
> shmem_init+0x37/0x170 mm/shmem.c:5610
> mnt_init+0x19b/0x1f0 fs/namespace.c:6481
> vfs_caches_init+0x22/0x30 fs/dcache.c:3686
> start_kernel+0x351/0x3e0 init/main.c:1170
> x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
> x86_64_start_kernel+0x137/0x1b0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
> common_startup_64+0x13e/0x157
>
> -> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}:
> check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
> check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
> validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
> __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
> lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
> shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x4f/0x290 mm/shmem.c:874
> __list_lru_walk_one+0x171/0x440 mm/list_lru.c:362
> list_lru_walk_one+0x3c/0x50 mm/list_lru.c:399
> list_lru_shrink_walk include/linux/list_lru.h:332 [inline]
> shmem_unused_huge_shrink+0x173/0x1270 mm/shmem.c:966
> super_cache_scan+0x411/0x4a0 fs/super.c:231
> do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:445
> shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
> shrink_slab+0x838/0x1210 mm/shrinker.c:640
> drop_slab_node mm/vmscan.c:488 [inline]
> drop_slab+0x140/0x280 mm/vmscan.c:506
> drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xc7/0x170 fs/drop_caches.c:68
> proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c1/0x830 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:600
> do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
> vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1058
> do_writev+0x154/0x2e0 fs/read_write.c:1104
> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
> do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> Chain exists of:
> &sb->s_type->i_lock_key --> &lockref->lock --> &l->lock
>
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> CPU0 CPU1
> ---- ----
> lock(&l->lock);
> lock(&lockref->lock);
> lock(&l->lock);
> lock(&sb->s_type->i_lock_key);
>
> *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> locks held by syz.5.203/6616: 5, last CPU#0:
> #0: ffff88807a2ef270 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x118/0x160 fs/file.c:1408
> #1: ffff8880582de460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2756 [inline]
> #1: ffff8880582de460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_writev+0x2af/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1056
> #2: ffff88807fe9e0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:670 [inline]
> #2: ffff88807fe9e0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x94/0x4a0 fs/super.c:200
> #3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> #3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
> #3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
> #4: ffff88807e4d8018 (&info->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:359 [inline]
> #4: ffff88807e4d8018 (&info->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x26/0x290 mm/shmem.c:870
>
> stack backtrace:
> CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6616 Comm: syz.5.203 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
> print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2087
> check_noncircular+0x12f/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219
> check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
> check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
> validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
> __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
> lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
> igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
> shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x4f/0x290 mm/shmem.c:874
> __list_lru_walk_one+0x171/0x440 mm/list_lru.c:362
> list_lru_walk_one+0x3c/0x50 mm/list_lru.c:399
> list_lru_shrink_walk include/linux/list_lru.h:332 [inline]
> shmem_unused_huge_shrink+0x173/0x1270 mm/shmem.c:966
> super_cache_scan+0x411/0x4a0 fs/super.c:231
> do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:445
> shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
> shrink_slab+0x838/0x1210 mm/shrinker.c:640
> drop_slab_node mm/vmscan.c:488 [inline]
> drop_slab+0x140/0x280 mm/vmscan.c:506
> drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xc7/0x170 fs/drop_caches.c:68
> proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c1/0x830 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:600
> do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
> vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1058
> do_writev+0x154/0x2e0 fs/read_write.c:1104
> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
> do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> RIP: 0033:0x7fe53d79e199
> Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
> RSP: 002b:00007fe53e739028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
> RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe53da25fa0 RCX: 00007fe53d79e199
> RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
> RBP: 00007fe53d835888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
> R13: 00007fe53da26038 R14: 00007fe53da25fa0 R15: 00007ffc0e7c9828
> </TASK>
> syz.5.203 (6616): drop_caches: 2
>
>
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* Re: [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in igrab
2026-10-13 1:56 ` Andrew Morton
@ 2026-10-13 2:17 ` Qi Zheng
2026-10-13 3:04 ` Andrew Morton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Qi Zheng @ 2026-10-13 2:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton, syzbot
Cc: david, linux-kernel, linux-mm, muchun.song, roman.gushchin,
syzkaller-bugs
Hi Andrew,
On 10/13/26 9:56 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:13:31 -0700 syzbot <syzbot+9d97402eade2fc0c065c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> syzbot found the following issue on:
>>
>> HEAD commit: b01868671970 Add linux-next specific files for 20261007
Looks like this doesn't include my latest fix patch in the testing.
Fix patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261011045956.30277-1-qi.zheng@linux.dev/
>> git tree: linux-next
>> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17ab503c580000
>> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=9ac1ab2cf2112eb1
>> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9d97402eade2fc0c065c
>> compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
>>
>> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
>>
>> Downloadable assets:
>> disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/20420067bb60/disk-b0186867.raw.xz
>> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/14149d837264/vmlinux-b0186867.xz
>> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/17346f8094aa/bzImage-b0186867.xz
>>
>> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
>> Reported-by: syzbot+9d97402eade2fc0c065c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>>
>> ======================================================
>> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
>> syzkaller #0 Not tainted
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks.
>
> LLM firmly points at mm-stable's 743e7d025d2f ("mm: shmem: make unused
> huge shrinker memcg aware").
>
> This comes at an awkward time. The three patch series "make unused
> huge shrinker memcg aware", v4 reverts cleanly so I'm inclined to do
> that.
>
> If people can come up with a confident fix which we can upstream as a
> hotfix during 7.4-rcX then maybe OK.
Does the issue still reproduce after applying the fix patch above?
Thanks,
Qi
>
>> syz.5.203/6616 is trying to acquire lock:
>> ffff88807e4d81e0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> ffff88807e4d81e0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>> ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
>> ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
>>
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>
>>
>> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>>
>> -> #2 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
>> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
>> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
>> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
>> lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
>> list_lru_lock mm/list_lru.c:156 [inline]
>> list_lru_add+0x57/0x290 mm/list_lru.c:229
>> list_lru_add_obj+0x191/0x270 mm/list_lru.c:254
>> d_lru_add+0xd8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:522
>> retain_dentry fs/dcache.c:912 [inline]
>> fast_dput+0x55c/0x690 fs/dcache.c:1005
>> dput+0x2b/0x60 fs/dcache.c:1054
>> path_put fs/namei.c:722 [inline]
>> put_link+0x112/0x190 fs/namei.c:1201
>> walk_component fs/namei.c:2316 [inline]
>> link_path_walk+0x12da/0x1910 fs/namei.c:2682
>> path_openat+0x1c4/0x1da0 fs/namei.c:5036
>> do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:5069
>> do_open_execat+0x12b/0x590 fs/exec.c:786
>> open_exec fs/exec.c:822 [inline]
>> bprm_open_interpreter+0x85/0xb0 fs/exec.c:1455
>> load_elf_binary+0x1a5d/0x28d0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:904
>> search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1777 [inline]
>> exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1809 [inline]
>> bprm_execve+0x930/0x1590 fs/exec.c:1865
>> kernel_execve+0x8af/0x9a0 fs/exec.c:2009
>> try_to_run_init_process+0x13/0x60 init/main.c:1489
>> kernel_init+0xb2/0x1d0 init/main.c:1619
>> ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
>> ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
>>
>> -> #1 (&lockref->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
>> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
>> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
>> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> d_instantiate+0x72/0xb0 fs/dcache.c:2252
>> d_make_root+0x59/0x80 fs/dcache.c:2294
>> shmem_fill_super+0xcbc/0x1150 mm/shmem.c:5290
>> get_tree_super fs/super.c:1400 [inline]
>> get_tree_nodev+0xbb/0x150 fs/super.c:1420
>> vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2a0 fs/super.c:1943
>> fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1278 [inline]
>> vfs_kern_mount+0x15b/0x220 fs/namespace.c:1316
>> kern_mount+0x43/0x90 fs/namespace.c:6500
>> shmem_init+0x37/0x170 mm/shmem.c:5610
>> mnt_init+0x19b/0x1f0 fs/namespace.c:6481
>> vfs_caches_init+0x22/0x30 fs/dcache.c:3686
>> start_kernel+0x351/0x3e0 init/main.c:1170
>> x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
>> x86_64_start_kernel+0x137/0x1b0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
>> common_startup_64+0x13e/0x157
>>
>> -> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}:
>> check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
>> check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
>> validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
>> __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
>> lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
>> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
>> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
>> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
>> shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x4f/0x290 mm/shmem.c:874
>> __list_lru_walk_one+0x171/0x440 mm/list_lru.c:362
>> list_lru_walk_one+0x3c/0x50 mm/list_lru.c:399
>> list_lru_shrink_walk include/linux/list_lru.h:332 [inline]
>> shmem_unused_huge_shrink+0x173/0x1270 mm/shmem.c:966
>> super_cache_scan+0x411/0x4a0 fs/super.c:231
>> do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:445
>> shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
>> shrink_slab+0x838/0x1210 mm/shrinker.c:640
>> drop_slab_node mm/vmscan.c:488 [inline]
>> drop_slab+0x140/0x280 mm/vmscan.c:506
>> drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xc7/0x170 fs/drop_caches.c:68
>> proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c1/0x830 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:600
>> do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
>> vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1058
>> do_writev+0x154/0x2e0 fs/read_write.c:1104
>> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
>> do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
>> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>>
>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>
>> Chain exists of:
>> &sb->s_type->i_lock_key --> &lockref->lock --> &l->lock
>>
>> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>>
>> CPU0 CPU1
>> ---- ----
>> lock(&l->lock);
>> lock(&lockref->lock);
>> lock(&l->lock);
>> lock(&sb->s_type->i_lock_key);
>>
>> *** DEADLOCK ***
>>
>> locks held by syz.5.203/6616: 5, last CPU#0:
>> #0: ffff88807a2ef270 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x118/0x160 fs/file.c:1408
>> #1: ffff8880582de460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2756 [inline]
>> #1: ffff8880582de460 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_writev+0x2af/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1056
>> #2: ffff88807fe9e0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:670 [inline]
>> #2: ffff88807fe9e0e8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x94/0x4a0 fs/super.c:200
>> #3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> #3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru mm/list_lru.c:26 [inline]
>> #3: ffff888062a65640 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x261/0x4c0 mm/list_lru.c:96
>> #4: ffff88807e4d8018 (&info->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:359 [inline]
>> #4: ffff88807e4d8018 (&info->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x26/0x290 mm/shmem.c:870
>>
>> stack backtrace:
>> CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6616 Comm: syz.5.203 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
>> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
>> Call Trace:
>> <TASK>
>> dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
>> print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2087
>> check_noncircular+0x12f/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219
>> check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
>> check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
>> validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
>> __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
>> lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
>> __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:190 [inline]
>> _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:173
>> spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
>> igrab+0xfb/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:1595
>> shmem_unused_huge_isolate+0x4f/0x290 mm/shmem.c:874
>> __list_lru_walk_one+0x171/0x440 mm/list_lru.c:362
>> list_lru_walk_one+0x3c/0x50 mm/list_lru.c:399
>> list_lru_shrink_walk include/linux/list_lru.h:332 [inline]
>> shmem_unused_huge_shrink+0x173/0x1270 mm/shmem.c:966
>> super_cache_scan+0x411/0x4a0 fs/super.c:231
>> do_shrink_slab+0x6d0/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:445
>> shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:562 [inline]
>> shrink_slab+0x838/0x1210 mm/shrinker.c:640
>> drop_slab_node mm/vmscan.c:488 [inline]
>> drop_slab+0x140/0x280 mm/vmscan.c:506
>> drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xc7/0x170 fs/drop_caches.c:68
>> proc_sys_call_handler+0x4c1/0x830 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:600
>> do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
>> vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1058
>> do_writev+0x154/0x2e0 fs/read_write.c:1104
>> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
>> do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
>> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>> RIP: 0033:0x7fe53d79e199
>> Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
>> RSP: 002b:00007fe53e739028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
>> RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe53da25fa0 RCX: 00007fe53d79e199
>> RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
>> RBP: 00007fe53d835888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
>> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
>> R13: 00007fe53da26038 R14: 00007fe53da25fa0 R15: 00007ffc0e7c9828
>> </TASK>
>> syz.5.203 (6616): drop_caches: 2
>>
>>
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* Re: [syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in igrab
2026-10-13 2:17 ` Qi Zheng
@ 2026-10-13 3:04 ` Andrew Morton
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2026-10-13 3:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Qi Zheng
Cc: syzbot, david, linux-kernel, linux-mm, muchun.song,
roman.gushchin, syzkaller-bugs
On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:17:47 +0800 Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> On 10/13/26 9:56 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:13:31 -0700 syzbot <syzbot+9d97402eade2fc0c065c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> syzbot found the following issue on:
> >>
> >> HEAD commit: b01868671970 Add linux-next specific files for 20261007
>
> Looks like this doesn't include my latest fix patch in the testing.
Damn, sorry, I forgot about that.
> Fix patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261011045956.30277-1-qi.zheng@linux.dev/
And this has
Fixes: b9b1861d4f7a ("mm: shmem: make unused huge shrinker memcg aware")
so all looks good.
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