Re: [syzbot] INFO: task hung in vhost_work_dev_flush

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Feb 22 2022 - 05:06:33 EST


On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 09:23:04PM +0530, Anirudh Rayabharam wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 03:12:33PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> > #syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
> > f71077a4d84b
> >
> > Patch sent upstream:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20220221114916.107045-1-sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
>
> I don't see how your patch fixes this issue. It looks unrelated. It is
> surprising that syzbot is happy with it.
>
> I have sent a patch for this issue here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220221072852.31820-1-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

I wasted so much time trying to figure out what this patch fixes. :P

(It doesn't fix anything).

regards,
dan carpenter