[syzbot ci] Re: ext4: deferred iput framework for EA inodes
From: syzbot ci
Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 18:57:46 EST
syzbot ci has tested the following series
[v13] ext4: deferred iput framework for EA inodes
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260702152225.4071746-1-yun.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
* [PATCH v13 1/4] fs: add iput_if_not_last() helper
* [PATCH v13 2/4] ext4: introduce ext4_put_ea_inode() for safe deferred iput
* [PATCH v13 3/4] ext4: convert all EA inode iput() calls to ext4_put_ea_inode()
* [PATCH v13 4/4] ext4: remove ea_inode_array mechanism in favor of ext4_put_ea_inode()
and found the following issue:
WARNING in ext4_journal_check_start
Full report is available here:
https://ci.syzbot.org/series/ce304d7b-7f32-44b5-bf6f-e579abb42a5c
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WARNING in ext4_journal_check_start
tree: torvalds
URL: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
base: 4a50a141f05a8d1737661b19ee22ff8455b94409
arch: amd64
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.6 (++20260514074242+fc4aad7b5db3-1~exp1~20260514074407.73), Debian LLD 22.1.6
config: https://ci.syzbot.org/builds/e5413370-cf09-4540-b9d3-7d280f314ae0/config
syz repro: https://ci.syzbot.org/findings/e7cd69b7-8bb9-4554-bd84-b5ebcd7a8089/syz_repro
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sb_rdonly(sb)
WARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x24f/0x2b0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75, CPU#0: kworker/0:5/5860
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5860 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events ext4_ea_inode_work
RIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x24f/0x2b0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75
Code: 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 06 75 42 ff 41 bf fb ff ff ff eb e0 e8 f9 74 42 ff eb d3 e8 f2 74 42 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb c8 e8 e7 74 42 ff 90 0f 0b 90 43 80 7c 25 00 00 0f 85
RSP: 0018:ffffc900036bf888 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8283ecce RBX: ffff888170078000 RCX: ffff888107390000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00000000000000ef R08: ffff8881bb53440f R09: 1ffff110376a6881
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10376a6882 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff1102e00f0cd R14: ffff888170078668 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88818dc20000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055557b325a28 CR3: 0000000114bfe000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__ext4_journal_start_sb+0x147/0x5d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:107
__ext4_journal_start fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h:242 [inline]
ext4_evict_inode+0x7cb/0xf70 fs/ext4/inode.c:238
evict+0x624/0xb50 fs/inode.c:825
ext4_ea_inode_work+0x5c/0x90 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2974
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
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