linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [xfs?] INFO: task hung in clean_bdev

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Message-ID: <CANp29Y5yx=F1w2s-jHbz1GVWCbOR_Z-gS488L6ERbWQTAX5dRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:56:56 +0200
From:   Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@...gle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+1fa947e7f09e136925b8@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        djwong@...nel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [xfs?] INFO: task hung in clean_bdev_aliases

#syz set subsystems: iomap

On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 10:28 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 07:20:15PM +0200, Aleksandr Nogikh wrote:
> >
> > The reason why syzbot marked this report as xfs is that, per
> > MAINTAINERS, fs/iomap/ points to linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org. I can
> > adjust the rules syzbot uses so that these are routed to "block".
> >
> > But should MAINTAINERS actually also not relate IOMAP FILESYSTEM
> > LIBRARY with xfs in this case?
>
> I'd tag it with iomap, as it's a different subsystem just sharing
> the mailing list.  We also have iommu@...ts.linux.dev for both the
> iommu and dma-mapping subsystems as a similar example.
>
> But what's also important for issues like this is that often the
> called library code (in this case iomap) if often not, or only
> partially at fault.  So capturing the calling context (in this
> case block) might also be useful.
>
> And to get out of these meta discussions:  I'll look into the actual
> issues in a bit, I'll try to find time despite travelling.
>