This seems to be an AB-BA deadlock where the lockdep cannot report (due to use of nested lock?). When PID=6540 was (reported as hung) at mutex_lock_nested(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex, 1) (id=43ca8836), it was already holding down_write_nested(&s->s_umount, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING) (id=566d4c39). But when PID=6541 was (which would have been reported as hung if sysctl_hung_task_panic were not set) at down_read(&sb->s_umount) (id=566d4c39), it was already holding mutex_lock_nested(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex, 1) (id=43ca8836). ---------------------------------------- INFO: task syz-executor0:6540 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Not tainted 4.16.0+ #13 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. syz-executor0 D23560 6540 4521 0x80000004 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:2848 [inline] __schedule+0x8fb/0x1ef0 kernel/sched/core.c:3490 schedule+0xf5/0x430 kernel/sched/core.c:3549 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x10/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:3607 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:833 [inline] __mutex_lock+0xb7f/0x1810 kernel/locking/mutex.c:893 mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:908 lo_ioctl+0x8b/0x1b70 drivers/block/loop.c:1355 __blkdev_driver_ioctl block/ioctl.c:303 [inline] blkdev_ioctl+0x1759/0x1e00 block/ioctl.c:601 ioctl_by_bdev+0xa5/0x110 fs/block_dev.c:2060 isofs_get_last_session fs/isofs/inode.c:567 [inline] isofs_fill_super+0x2ba9/0x3bc0 fs/isofs/inode.c:660 mount_bdev+0x2b7/0x370 fs/super.c:1119 isofs_mount+0x34/0x40 fs/isofs/inode.c:1560 mount_fs+0x66/0x2d0 fs/super.c:1222 2 locks held by syz-executor0/6540: #0: 00000000566d4c39 (&type->s_umount_key#49/1){+.+.}, at: alloc_super fs/super.c:211 [inline] #0: 00000000566d4c39 (&type->s_umount_key#49/1){+.+.}, at: sget_userns+0x3b2/0xe60 fs/super.c:502 /* down_write_nested(&s->s_umount, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); */ #1: 0000000043ca8836 (&lo->lo_ctl_mutex/1){+.+.}, at: lo_ioctl+0x8b/0x1b70 drivers/block/loop.c:1355 /* mutex_lock_nested(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex, 1); */ 3 locks held by syz-executor7/6541: #0: 0000000043ca8836 (&lo->lo_ctl_mutex/1){+.+.}, at: lo_ioctl+0x8b/0x1b70 drivers/block/loop.c:1355 /* mutex_lock_nested(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex, 1); */ #1: 000000007bf3d3f9 (&bdev->bd_mutex){+.+.}, at: blkdev_reread_part+0x1e/0x40 block/ioctl.c:192 #2: 00000000566d4c39 (&type->s_umount_key#50){.+.+}, at: __get_super.part.10+0x1d3/0x280 fs/super.c:663 /* down_read(&sb->s_umount); */ ---------------------------------------- sget() is using down_write_nested(&s->s_umount, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING) with a comment block asserting that there is no risk of deadlock /* * sget() can have s_umount recursion. * * When it cannot find a suitable sb, it allocates a new * one (this one), and tries again to find a suitable old * one. * * In case that succeeds, it will acquire the s_umount * lock of the old one. Since these are clearly distrinct * locks, and this object isn't exposed yet, there's no * risk of deadlocks. * * Annotate this by putting this lock in a different * subclass. */ but this object (id=566d4c39) is already locked by other thread. What is happening here?