Re: [syzbot] [ext4?] INFO: task hung in filename_rmdir
From: Qing Wang
Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 03:30:10 EST
#syz test
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 58f715f7657e..34a5d49b038b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -5383,7 +5383,7 @@ int filename_rmdir(int dfd, struct filename *name)
if (error)
goto exit2;
- dentry = start_dirop(path.dentry, &last, lookup_flags);
+ dentry = __start_dirop(path.dentry, &last, lookup_flags, TASK_KILLABLE);
error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
goto exit3;