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INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/24 01:25
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+1d0ebb5530b0023d4b6b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 137d, last: 1d16h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/07 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 3a8ababb8b6a C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/07 upstream (ToT) 6e64f4580381 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in do_idle origin:upstream 1 C error 626 1d04h 894d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/05/29 19:14
android-414 INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle 1 1 2612d 2612d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/13 10:31
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle (2) 1 2 1292d 1292d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/08/24 07:48
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle 1 1 2151d 2151d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/04/18 00:25
linux-4.14 INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle 1 4 2245d 2251d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/01/14 08:59
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle x86 1 C done error 3409 2h07m 2583d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2018/10/13 07:31
linux-4.14 INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle (2) 1 C error 4 1167d 1296d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/04/22 10:09
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in do_idle origin:upstream 1 C error 48 13d 882d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/10 08:51
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/14 09:08 2h09m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	1-...!: (0 ticks this GP) idle=3014/0/0x1 softirq=12553/12553 fqs=2
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=11597, q=386 ncpus=2)
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:check_preemption_disabled+0x37/0x110 lib/smp_processor_id.c:55
Code: 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 65 8b 05 cd d4 94 75 65 8b 0d c2 d4 94 75 f7 c1 ff ff ff 7f 74 1f 65 48 8b 0c 25 28 00 00 00 <48> 3b 4c 24 08 0f 85 c4 00 00 00 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001f0b48 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff88801b2746dc RCX: 171cc97901a4dd00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaaca40 RDI: ffffffff8afc6bc0
RBP: ffffc900001f0c90 R08: ffffffff8e4a8b6f R09: 1ffffffff1c9516d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c9516e R12: ffffffff8175b6e6
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88801b273c00 R15: 1ffff9200003e17c
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000561230512a00 CR3: 000000002e987000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 lockdep_recursion_inc kernel/locking/lockdep.c:462 [inline]
 lock_release+0x155/0x8b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5773
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:149 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x71/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1746 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x426/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1814
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3c9/0x9c0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1876
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1077 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xfb/0x3b0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1094
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9f/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148
Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 03 65 39 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000187de0 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: 171cc97901a4dd00 RBX: ffffffff816187ab RCX: 171cc97901a4dd00
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8aaabd60 RDI: ffffffff8afc6bc0
RBP: ffffc90000187f20 R08: ffff8880b8f36b2b R09: 1ffff110171e6d65
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6d66 R12: ffffffff8e4a8b68
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 1ffff1100364e780
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:170 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1eb/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:282
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:380
 start_secondary+0xee/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:323
 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10490 jiffies! g11597 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
rcu: 	Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
task:rcu_preempt     state:R  running task     stack:27752 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5380 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6773
 schedule_timeout+0x160/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:2167
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x302/0x1560 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 PID: 61 Comm: kworker/u4:5 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Workqueue: events_unbound toggle_allocation_gate
RIP: 0010:csd_lock_wait kernel/smp.c:311 [inline]
RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0xddf/0x1130 kernel/smp.c:855
Code: 45 8b 2c 24 44 89 ee 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 da d6 0a 00 41 83 e5 01 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 75 07 e8 15 d3 0a 00 eb 38 f3 90 <42> 0f b6 04 2b 84 c0 75 11 41 f7 04 24 01 00 00 00 74 1e e8 f9 d2
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015c7780 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff817abc97 RBX: 1ffff110171e82ad RCX: ffff88801a645a00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900015c7900 R08: ffffffff90da8507 R09: 1ffffffff21b50a0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b50a1 R12: ffff8880b8f41568
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8e3d348 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f533d61ef98 CR3: 000000000cb30000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x3f/0x80 kernel/smp.c:1022
 on_each_cpu include/linux/smp.h:71 [inline]
 text_poke_sync arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2222 [inline]
 text_poke_bp_batch+0x318/0x930 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2432
 text_poke_flush arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2623 [inline]
 text_poke_finish+0x30/0x50 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2630
 arch_jump_label_transform_apply+0x1c/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:146
 static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0x123/0x240 kernel/jump_label.c:207
 static_key_enable+0x1a/0x20 kernel/jump_label.c:220
 toggle_allocation_gate+0xaa/0x250 mm/kfence/core.c:831
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa45/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (21):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/01 01:22 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/08/06 14:36 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a ffe1dd46 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/08/15 01:43 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 5d8c2ac2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in do_idle
2025/07/12 22:20 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in do_idle
2025/09/09 11:14 linux-6.6.y 355bd0b51d2f d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/11/07 08:06 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/11/04 03:00 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/10/31 00:57 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/10/01 19:47 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 a1859138 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/09/30 10:52 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/09/06 01:49 linux-6.6.y 355bd0b51d2f d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/09/03 17:56 linux-6.6.y cc1a1c5b404a 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/09/02 20:01 linux-6.6.y cc1a1c5b404a 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/08/28 11:58 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/08/15 23:25 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/08/12 14:01 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/08/06 05:40 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a ffe1dd46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/07/22 07:11 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 1555463b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/07/22 06:50 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 1555463b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/07/01 04:37 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 6e83b42d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
2025/06/24 01:24 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 e2f27c35 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.