Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+a4976ce949df66b1ddf1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: 5c13e238 f2fs: avoid false alarm of circular locking git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs.git dev console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=121bdfcfa80000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=5ff9844b1e911216 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a4976ce949df66b1ddf1 compiler: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 Note: no patches were applied. Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.