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Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:20:10 -0800 (PST) From: Jinchao Wang To: Viacheslav Dubeyko , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , Yangtao Li , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jinchao Wang , syzbot Subject: [RFC PATCH] fs/hfs: fix ABBA deadlock in hfs_mdb_commit Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:19:39 +0800 Message-ID: <20260113081952.2431735-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <68b0240f.a00a0220.1337b0.0006.GAE@google.com> References: <68b0240f.a00a0220.1337b0.0006.GAE@google.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" syzbot reported a hung task in hfs_mdb_commit where a deadlock occurs between the MDB buffer lock and the folio lock. The deadlock happens because hfs_mdb_commit() holds the mdb_bh lock while calling sb_bread(), which attempts to acquire the lock on the same folio. thread1: hfs_mdb_commit ->lock_buffer(HFS_SB(sb)->mdb_bh); ->bh =3D sb_bread(sb, block); ...->folio_lock(folio) thread2: ->blkdev_writepages() ->writeback_iter() ->writeback_get_folio() ->folio_lock(folio) ->block_write_full_folio() __block_write_full_folio() ->lock_buffer(bh) This patch removes the lock_buffer(mdb_bh) call. Since hfs_mdb_commit() is typically called via VFS paths where the superblock is already appropriately protected (e.g., during sync or unmount), the additional low-level buffer lock may be redundant and is the direct cause of the lock inversion. I am seeking comments on whether this VFS-level protection is sufficient for HFS metadata consistency or if a more granular locking approach is preferred. Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3D1e3ff4b07c16ca0f6fe2 Reported-by: syzbot Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang --- fs/hfs/mdb.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/hfs/mdb.c b/fs/hfs/mdb.c index 53f3fae60217..c641adb94e6f 100644 --- a/fs/hfs/mdb.c +++ b/fs/hfs/mdb.c @@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ void hfs_mdb_commit(struct super_block *sb) if (sb_rdonly(sb)) return; =20 - lock_buffer(HFS_SB(sb)->mdb_bh); if (test_and_clear_bit(HFS_FLG_MDB_DIRTY, &HFS_SB(sb)->flags)) { /* These parameters may have been modified, so write them back */ mdb->drLsMod =3D hfs_mtime(); @@ -340,7 +339,6 @@ void hfs_mdb_commit(struct super_block *sb) size -=3D len; } } - unlock_buffer(HFS_SB(sb)->mdb_bh); } =20 void hfs_mdb_close(struct super_block *sb) --=20 2.43.0