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To: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: [syzbot] [block?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in null_insert_page
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:23:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a9b44e0.a5e650b3.363816.0002.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: f1b8fa82cab7 Merge branch 'for-next/core' into for-kernelci
git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17b7e779580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=d1128bc53f2ef7f3
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=95fdab36405e5ffdb680
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
userspace arch: arm64
Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
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vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/5b6b8fb76e8d/vmlinux-f1b8fa82.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/c246b61ee396/Image-f1b8fa82.gz.xz
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BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at ./include/linux/sched/mm.h:323
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 8414, name: syz.7.670
preempt_count: 0, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0
1 lock held by syz.7.670/8414:
#0: ffff800088d271a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
#0: ffff800088d271a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:840 [inline]
#0: ffff800088d271a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: blk_mq_dispatch_queue_requests+0x110/0x6d4 block/blk-mq.c:2872
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8414 Comm: syz.7.670 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
Call trace:
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:499 (C)
__dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:94
dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x12c lib/dump_stack.c:120
dump_stack+0x1c/0x28 lib/dump_stack.c:129
__might_resched+0x354/0x4c0 kernel/sched/core.c:9197
__might_sleep+0x84/0xdc kernel/sched/core.c:9126
might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:323 [inline]
slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4537 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4897 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x88/0x5ec mm/slub.c:5485
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
null_alloc_page drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:870 [inline]
null_insert_page+0x94/0x4e8 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1019
copy_to_nullb drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1157 [inline]
null_transfer drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1271 [inline]
null_handle_data_transfer drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1300 [inline]
null_handle_memory_backed+0x474/0x9d8 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1380
null_process_cmd+0x118/0x1b0 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1434
null_handle_cmd drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1457 [inline]
null_queue_rq+0x788/0xa88 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1703
null_queue_rqs+0x108/0x204 drivers/block/null_blk/main.c:1717
__blk_mq_flush_list block/blk-mq.c:2827 [inline]
blk_mq_dispatch_queue_requests+0x33c/0x6d4 block/blk-mq.c:2872
blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x37c/0x494 block/blk-mq.c:2960
__blk_flush_plug+0x364/0x440 block/blk-core.c:1266
blk_finish_plug+0x68/0x90 block/blk-core.c:1293
blkdev_writepages+0x128/0x184 block/fops.c:486
do_writepages+0x284/0x47c mm/page-writeback.c:2571
filemap_writeback+0x230/0x2bc mm/filemap.c:387
filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:412 [inline]
filemap_write_and_wait_range+0x90/0x114 mm/filemap.c:684
filemap_write_and_wait include/linux/pagemap.h:65 [inline]
sync_blockdev block/bdev.c:276 [inline]
bdev_release+0x114/0x328 block/bdev.c:1129
blkdev_release+0x20/0x34 block/fops.c:680
__fput+0x338/0x74c fs/file_table.c:512
fput_close_sync+0x10c/0x278 fs/file_table.c:617
__do_sys_close fs/open.c:1511 [inline]
__se_sys_close fs/open.c:1496 [inline]
__arm64_sys_close+0x80/0x110 fs/open.c:1496
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0xec/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
el0_svc+0x64/0x260 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:758
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x44/0x104 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:777
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:590
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