[syzbot] [ntfs3?] INFO: task hung in __start_renaming

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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: fe4d0dea039f Add linux-next specific files for 20251119
git tree: linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=142c0514580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f20a6db7594dcad7
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2fefb910d2c20c0698d8
compiler: Debian clang version 20.1.8 (++20250708063551+0c9f909b7976-1~exp1~20250708183702.136), Debian LLD 20.1.8
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=11cd7692580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=17615658580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ce4f26d91a01/disk-fe4d0dea.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/6c9b53acf521/vmlinux-fe4d0dea.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/64d37d01cd64/bzImage-fe4d0dea.xz
mounted in repro: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/a91529a880b1/mount_0.gz

The issue was bisected to:

commit 1e3c3784221ac86401aea72e2bae36057062fc9c
Author: Mateusz Guzik <mjg...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Oct 10 22:17:36 2025 +0000

fs: rework I_NEW handling to operate without fences

bisection log: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=17739742580000
final oops: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/report.txt?x=14f39742580000
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10f39742580000

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Fixes: 1e3c3784221a ("fs: rework I_NEW handling to operate without fences")

INFO: task syz.0.17:6022 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.17 state:D stack:28744 pid:6022 tgid:6020 ppid:5945 task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5263 [inline]
__schedule+0x1836/0x4ed0 kernel/sched/core.c:6871
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6953 [inline]
schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6968
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7025
rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x872/0xfe0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1185
__down_write_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1317 [inline]
__down_write kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1326 [inline]
down_write_nested+0x1b5/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1707
inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
__start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
do_renameat2+0x399/0x8e0 fs/namei.c:5991
__do_sys_rename fs/namei.c:6059 [inline]
__se_sys_rename fs/namei.c:6057 [inline]
__x64_sys_rename+0x82/0x90 fs/namei.c:6057
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f7ba9b8f749
RSP: 002b:00007f7ba91dd038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000052
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7ba9de6090 RCX: 00007f7ba9b8f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 0000200000000340
RBP: 00007f7ba9c13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7ba9de6128 R14: 00007f7ba9de6090 R15: 00007fff2ce8d188
</TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/31:
#0: ffffffff8df3d740 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8df3d740 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8df3d740 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
2 locks held by getty/5589:
#0: ffff88814d56c0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
#1: ffffc9000332b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x43e/0x1400 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2222
3 locks held by syz.0.17/6021:
2 locks held by syz.0.17/6022:
#0: ffff888030718420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880631e3dd8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631e3dd8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631e3dd8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.1.18/6048:
2 locks held by syz.1.18/6049:
#0: ffff888077cbe420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880632db690 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880632db690 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880632db690 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.2.19/6082:
2 locks held by syz.2.19/6083:
#0: ffff88807945e420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff888073281970 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff888073281970 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff888073281970 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.3.20/6107:
2 locks held by syz.3.20/6108:
#0: ffff88807b0a4420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880631e1228 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631e1228 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631e1228 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.4.21/6138:
2 locks held by syz.4.21/6139:
#0: ffff8880587fe420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880632d8ae0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880632d8ae0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880632d8ae0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.5.22/6176:
2 locks held by syz.5.22/6177:
#0: ffff888026cec420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880631ce240 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631ce240 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631ce240 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.6.23/6211:
2 locks held by syz.6.23/6212:
#0: ffff888027d88420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880631c9228 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631c9228 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631c9228 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
3 locks held by syz.7.24/6244:
2 locks held by syz.7.24/6245:
#0: ffff88807d516420 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:509
#1: ffff8880631bdaf8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1072 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631bdaf8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_rename fs/namei.c:3681 [inline]
#1: ffff8880631bdaf8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_renaming+0x148/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x39e/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
__sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:346 [inline]
watchdog+0xfb5/0x1000 kernel/hung_task.c:515
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
</TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6107 Comm: syz.3.20 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:hlock_class kernel/locking/lockdep.c:234 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mark_lock+0x3c/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4731
Code: 00 03 00 83 f9 01 bb 09 00 00 00 83 db 00 83 fa 08 0f 45 da bd 01 00 00 00 89 d9 d3 e5 25 ff 1f 00 00 48 0f a3 05 c4 46 df 11 <73> 10 48 69 c0 c8 00 00 00 48 8d 88 70 f3 1e 93 eb 48 83 3d 4b d6
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003747518 EFLAGS: 00000007
RAX: 0000000000000311 RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 0000000000000008
RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: ffff8880275f48a8 RDI: ffff8880275f3d00
RBP: 0000000000000100 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff8241cc56
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100e650518 R12: 0000000000000004
R13: 0000000000000003 R14: ffff8880275f48a8 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007fc3607da6c0(0000) GS:ffff888125fbc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000558e8c347168 CR3: 0000000077b26000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
mark_usage kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4674 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x6a8/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5191
lock_acquire+0x117/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
insert_inode_locked+0x336/0x5d0 fs/inode.c:1837
ntfs_new_inode+0xc8/0x100 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:1675
ntfs_create_inode+0x606/0x32a0 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1309
ntfs_create+0x3d/0x50 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:110
lookup_open fs/namei.c:4409 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4509 [inline]
path_openat+0x190f/0x3d90 fs/namei.c:4753
do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4783
do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1432
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1447 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1463 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1458 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1458
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc35f98f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fc3607da038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc35fbe5fa0 RCX: 00007fc35f98f749
RDX: 000000000000275a RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fc35fa13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc35fbe6038 R14: 00007fc35fbe5fa0 R15: 00007ffffeb34448
</TASK>


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