[syzbot] [fs?] possible deadlock in ovl_create_object (2)

[Chris Roy]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026, Jörn Engel wrote:
> This is just awful taste. You are inside a file called "block2mtd".
> The prefix to the mutex an workqueue add absolutely nothing.
> [...]
> Pick a name that gives us some information like that, please!

Agreed. v4 renames to list_mutex and setup_wq. Additionally, I fixed
tag formatting and removed a redundant if-guard.

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> While we're here, maybe it's time to add a decent configfs interface
> to this driver instead of configuring through module parameters.

I will look at a configfs interface as a follow up once this
lockdep fix lands.

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
master

Regards,
Chris
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