[PATCH] xfs: don't hold buffer locks across sync transaction commit in xfs_sync_sb_buf

From: Yun Zhou

Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 10:54:50 EST


xfs_sync_sb_buf() holds sb/rtsb buffer locks across a synchronous
xfs_trans_commit(), which flushes the CIL push workqueue internally.
If shutdown occurs during the CIL push, xfs_buf_item_unpin() needs to
lock these buffers to fail them, causing a deadlock:

setlabel: holds buf lock -> flush_workqueue(xfs-cil)
CIL push worker: xfs_buf_item_unpin -> xfs_buf_lock(same buf)

Remove the xfs_trans_bhold() calls so that commit releases the buffer
locks normally. After the sync commit, re-acquire the buffers via
mp->m_sb_bp / mp->m_rtsb_bp for the on-disk writeback.

Fixes: f7664b31975b ("xfs: implement online get/set fs label")
Reported-by: syzbot+837bcd54843dd6262f2f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=837bcd54843dd6262f2f
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 47322adb7690..fbb4505b1e9e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,6 @@ xfs_sync_sb_buf(
{
struct xfs_trans *tp;
struct xfs_buf *bp;
- struct xfs_buf *rtsb_bp = NULL;
int error;

error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0, 0, &tp);
@@ -1480,26 +1479,28 @@ xfs_sync_sb_buf(

bp = xfs_trans_getsb(tp);
xfs_log_sb(tp);
- xfs_trans_bhold(tp, bp);
- if (update_rtsb) {
- rtsb_bp = xfs_log_rtsb(tp, bp);
- if (rtsb_bp)
- xfs_trans_bhold(tp, rtsb_bp);
- }
+ if (update_rtsb)
+ xfs_log_rtsb(tp, bp);
xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
if (error)
- goto out;
- /*
- * write out the sb buffer to get the changes to disk
- */
- error = xfs_bwrite(bp);
- if (!error && rtsb_bp)
- error = xfs_bwrite(rtsb_bp);
-out:
- if (rtsb_bp)
- xfs_buf_relse(rtsb_bp);
- xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+ return error;
+
+ /* Re-acquire and write the sb and rtsb to disk. */
+ xfs_buf_lock(mp->m_sb_bp);
+ xfs_buf_hold(mp->m_sb_bp);
+ error = xfs_bwrite(mp->m_sb_bp);
+ xfs_buf_relse(mp->m_sb_bp);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ if (update_rtsb && mp->m_rtsb_bp) {
+ xfs_buf_lock(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+ xfs_buf_hold(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+ error = xfs_bwrite(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+ xfs_buf_relse(mp->m_rtsb_bp);
+ }
+
return error;
}

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