[syzbot ci] Re: ext4: convert pa_count from atomic_t to refcount_t
syzbot ci <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:25:25 -0700
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syzbot ci has tested the following series [v1] ext4: convert pa_count from atomic_t to refcount_t https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected] * [PATCH] ext4: convert pa_count from atomic_t to refcount_t and found the following issue: WARNING: refcount bug in ext4_mb_use_preallocated Full report is available here: https://ci.syzbot.org/series/34fda797-e979-409c-bc2d-7af3e163df14 *** WARNING: refcount bug in ext4_mb_use_preallocated tree: torvalds URL: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux base: 1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f 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/05fa6c1d-a594-4691-ace3-ded3fc2ca4dc/config ------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110, CPU#0: kworker/u9:2/51 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 51 Comm: kworker/u9:2 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: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0) RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110 Code: eb 66 85 db 74 3e 83 fb 01 75 4c e8 8b 73 0c fd 48 8d 3d 34 58 84 0b 67 48 0f b9 3a eb 4a e8 78 73 0c fd 48 8d 3d 31 58 84 0b <67> 48 0f b9 3a eb 37 e8 65 73 0c fd 48 8d 3d 2e 58 84 0b 67 48 0f RSP: 0018:ffffc90000bb6590 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff84b9ee08 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: ffff8881072a8000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8f126800 RDI: ffffffff903e4640 RBP: ffff888112257dd0 R08: ffff8881072a8000 R09: 0000000000000005 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: ffff888112257d98 R14: ffff888112257e10 R15: 0000000000000008 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88818dc15000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fc831b2c080 CR3: 0000000112724000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_mb_use_preallocated+0xaa0/0x14e0 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x5a0/0x4560 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1534/0x5850 ext4_map_create_blocks+0x116/0x530 ext4_map_blocks+0x7e4/0x1240 ext4_do_writepages+0x23d3/0x47a0 ext4_writepages+0x241/0x3b0 do_writepages+0x338/0x560 __writeback_single_inode+0x12e/0xf90 writeback_sb_inodes+0x9de/0x1b00 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x114/0x240 wb_writeback+0x42f/0xad0 wb_workfn+0x980/0x10f0 process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kthread+0x388/0x470 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> *** If these findings have caused you to resend the series or submit a separate fix, please add the following tag to your commit message: Tested-by: [email protected] --- This report is generated by a bot. It may contain errors. syzbot ci engineers can be reached at [email protected]. To test a patch for this bug, please reply with `#syz test` (should be on a separate line). The patch should be attached to the email. Note: arguments like custom git repos and branches are not supported.