Re: [syzbot] [fs?] possible deadlock in ovl_create_object (2)

[Chris Roy]

On Thu, 17 Sept 2026 at 01:10, syzbot
<syzbot+7cab6a19619f1b8efc00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following issue on:
>
> HEAD commit:    654ae5d73c05 Merge tag 'drm-fixes-2026-09-05' of https://g..
> git tree:       upstream
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=11860cf9580000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=8c5c3949d762a91f
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7cab6a19619f1b8efc00
> compiler:       gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

I am investigating this report and working on reproducing the lockdep
cycle and identifying the root cause. I will follow up with findings
and a proposed fix shortly.

Regards,
- Chris

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"