syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on: HEAD commit: fda5695d692c 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=15248fb8980000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=95dc1de8407c7270 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=016b09736213e65d106e compiler: Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 userspace arch: arm64 syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=13787684980000 C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=10a93c92980000 Downloadable assets: disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/07f3214ff0d9/disk-fda5695d.raw.xz vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/70e2e2c864e8/vmlinux-fda5695d.xz kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/b259942a16dc/Image-fda5695d.gz.xz mounted in repro: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0c9ec56039c3/mount_0.gz IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit: Reported-by: syzbot+016b09736213e65d106e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-gfda5695d692c #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ kworker/u8:7/652 is trying to acquire lock: ffff0000d80fa128 (&wnd->rw_lock/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_mark_rec_free+0x48/0x270 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:742 but task is already holding lock: ffff0000decb6fa0 (&ni->ni_lock#3){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ni_trylock fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h:1143 [inline] ffff0000decb6fa0 (&ni->ni_lock#3){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ni_write_inode+0x168/0xda4 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:3265 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&ni->ni_lock#3){+.+.}-{3:3}: __mutex_lock_common+0x190/0x21a0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:608 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:752 [inline] mutex_lock_nested+0x2c/0x38 kernel/locking/mutex.c:804 ntfs_set_state+0x1a4/0x5c0 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:947 mi_read+0x3e0/0x4d8 fs/ntfs3/record.c:185 mi_format_new+0x174/0x514 fs/ntfs3/record.c:420 ni_add_subrecord+0xd0/0x3c4 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:372 ntfs_look_free_mft+0x4c8/0xd1c fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:715 ni_create_attr_list+0x764/0xf54 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:876 ni_ins_attr_ext+0x300/0xa0c fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:974 ni_insert_attr fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:1141 [inline] ni_insert_resident fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:1525 [inline] ni_add_name+0x658/0xc14 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:3047 ni_rename+0xc8/0x1d8 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:3087 ntfs_rename+0x610/0xae0 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:334 vfs_rename+0x9bc/0xc84 fs/namei.c:4880 do_renameat2+0x9c8/0xe40 fs/namei.c:5037 __do_sys_renameat2 fs/namei.c:5071 [inline] __se_sys_renameat2 fs/namei.c:5068 [inline] __arm64_sys_renameat2+0xe0/0xfc fs/namei.c:5068 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:34 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:48 el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:133 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:152 el0_svc+0x54/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598 -> #0 (&wnd->rw_lock/1){+.+.}-{3:3}: check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x3384/0x763c kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137 lock_acquire+0x248/0x73c kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754 down_write_nested+0x58/0xcc kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1695 ntfs_mark_rec_free+0x48/0x270 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:742 ni_write_inode+0xa28/0xda4 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:3365 ntfs3_write_inode+0x70/0x98 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1046 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1498 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x5f0/0x1548 fs/fs-writeback.c:1715 writeback_sb_inodes+0x700/0x101c fs/fs-writeback.c:1941 wb_writeback+0x404/0x1048 fs/fs-writeback.c:2117 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2264 [inline] wb_workfn+0x394/0x104c fs/fs-writeback.c:2304 process_one_work+0x7b8/0x15d4 kernel/workqueue.c:3267 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3348 [inline] worker_thread+0x938/0xef4 kernel/workqueue.c:3429 kthread+0x288/0x310 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:860 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&ni->ni_lock#3); lock(&wnd->rw_lock/1); lock(&ni->ni_lock#3); lock(&wnd->rw_lock/1); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by kworker/u8:7/652: #0: ffff0000c20c6948 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x668/0x15d4 kernel/workqueue.c:3241 #1: ffff800098d87c20 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x6b4/0x15d4 kernel/workqueue.c:3241 #2: ffff0000decb6fa0 (&ni->ni_lock#3){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ni_trylock fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h:1143 [inline] #2: ffff0000decb6fa0 (&ni->ni_lock#3){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ni_write_inode+0x168/0xda4 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:3265 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 652 Comm: kworker/u8:7 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-gfda5695d692c #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0) Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x1b8/0x1e4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:317 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:324 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xe4/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:114 dump_stack+0x1c/0x28 lib/dump_stack.c:123 print_circular_bug+0x150/0x1b8 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2060 check_noncircular+0x310/0x404 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x3384/0x763c kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137 lock_acquire+0x248/0x73c kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754 down_write_nested+0x58/0xcc kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1695 ntfs_mark_rec_free+0x48/0x270 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:742 ni_write_inode+0xa28/0xda4 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:3365 ntfs3_write_inode+0x70/0x98 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1046 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1498 [inline] __writeback_single_inode+0x5f0/0x1548 fs/fs-writeback.c:1715 writeback_sb_inodes+0x700/0x101c fs/fs-writeback.c:1941 wb_writeback+0x404/0x1048 fs/fs-writeback.c:2117 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2264 [inline] wb_workfn+0x394/0x104c fs/fs-writeback.c:2304 process_one_work+0x7b8/0x15d4 kernel/workqueue.c:3267 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3348 [inline] worker_thread+0x938/0xef4 kernel/workqueue.c:3429 kthread+0x288/0x310 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:860 --- If you want syzbot to run the reproducer, reply with: #syz test: git://repo/address.git branch-or-commit-hash If you attach or paste a git patch, syzbot will apply it before testing.