Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: Fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan()
From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Jan 14 2026 - 23:48:02 EST
On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 08:48:09AM +0530, Prithvi wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 12:07:00AM +0530, Prithvi wrote:
> > IIUC that would be the case when ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() operates on normal
> > files. However, according to the report of the bug, ocfs2_dio_end_io_write()
> > is holding &ocfs2_quota_ip_alloc_sem_key so I think due to random fuzzing by
> > syzkaller, the function is curently operating on a quota file.
So the right fix is probably to disallow DIO to a quota file, wouldn't
you say?