diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index be31e28..ebf78ab 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -955,10 +955,20 @@ static sector_t blkdev_max_block(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int size)
 			end_block = init_page_buffers(page, bdev,
 						(sector_t)index << sizebits,
 						size);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+			current->getblk_executed |= 0x01;
+#endif
 			goto done;
 		}
-		if (!try_to_free_buffers(page))
+		if (!try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+			current->getblk_executed |= 0x02;
+#endif
 			goto failed;
+		}
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+		current->getblk_executed |= 0x04;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -978,6 +988,9 @@ static sector_t blkdev_max_block(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int size)
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_mapping->private_lock);
 done:
 	ret = (block < end_block) ? 1 : -ENXIO;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+	current->getblk_executed |= 0x08;
+#endif
 failed:
 	unlock_page(page);
 	put_page(page);
@@ -1033,6 +1046,12 @@ static sector_t blkdev_max_block(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+	current->getblk_stamp = jiffies;
+	current->getblk_executed = 0;
+	current->getblk_bh_count = 0;
+	current->getblk_bh_state = 0;
+#endif
 	for (;;) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 		int ret;
@@ -1044,6 +1063,18 @@ static sector_t blkdev_max_block(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int size)
 		ret = grow_buffers(bdev, block, size, gfp);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return NULL;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+		if (!time_after(jiffies, current->getblk_stamp + 3 * HZ))
+			continue;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s(%u): getblk(): executed=%x bh_count=%d bh_state=%lx\n",
+		       current->comm, current->pid, current->getblk_executed,
+		       current->getblk_bh_count, current->getblk_bh_state);
+		current->getblk_executed = 0;
+		current->getblk_bh_count = 0;
+		current->getblk_bh_state = 0;
+		current->getblk_stamp = jiffies;
+#endif
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3216,6 +3247,11 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
  */
 static inline int buffer_busy(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+	current->getblk_executed |= 0x80;
+	current->getblk_bh_count = atomic_read(&bh->b_count);
+	current->getblk_bh_state = bh->b_state;
+#endif
 	return atomic_read(&bh->b_count) |
 		(bh->b_state & ((1 << BH_Dirty) | (1 << BH_Lock)));
 }
@@ -3254,11 +3290,18 @@ int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
-	if (PageWriteback(page))
+	if (PageWriteback(page)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+		current->getblk_executed |= 0x10;
+#endif
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (mapping == NULL) {		/* can this still happen? */
 		ret = drop_buffers(page, &buffers_to_free);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+		current->getblk_executed |= 0x20;
+#endif
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -3282,6 +3325,9 @@ int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page)
 	if (ret)
 		cancel_dirty_page(page);
 	spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+	current->getblk_executed |= 0x40;
+#endif
 out:
 	if (buffers_to_free) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = buffers_to_free;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c4e0aba..95b143e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1207,6 +1207,13 @@ struct task_struct {
 	unsigned long			prev_lowest_stack;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+	unsigned long			getblk_stamp;
+	unsigned int			getblk_executed;
+	unsigned int			getblk_bh_count;
+	unsigned long			getblk_bh_state;
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * New fields for task_struct should be added above here, so that
 	 * they are included in the randomized portion of task_struct.
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c731ff9..0747ce7 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2058,3 +2058,9 @@ config IO_STRICT_DEVMEM
 	  if the driver using a given range cannot be disabled.
 
 	  If in doubt, say Y.
+
+config DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT
+       bool "Additional debug code for syzbot"
+       default n
+       help
+         This option is intended for testing by syzbot.
