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KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick

Status: moderation: reported on 2023/12/07 10:03
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+1f9c6a9361cf67ffc0d9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 926d, last: 7h46m

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick

read-write to 0xffff888100838cb8 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 wq_worker_tick+0x60/0x230 kernel/workqueue.c:1474
 sched_tick+0xd7/0x220 kernel/sched/core.c:5546
 update_process_times+0x15f/0x190 kernel/time/timer.c:2479
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:298 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x276/0x3d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:319
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1777 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x20f/0x5a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1841
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x21a/0x460 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1903
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1045 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5f/0x1d0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6f/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 finish_task_switch+0x83/0x2a0 kernel/sched/core.c:5114
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5259 [inline]
 __schedule+0x85f/0xcd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0x5f/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_timeout+0xb7/0x170 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline]
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:121 [inline]
 wait_for_common+0xfa/0x1e0 kernel/sched/completion.c:132
 io_ring_exit_work+0x252/0x530 io_uring/io_uring.c:3042
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4ce/0x9d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x582/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x489/0x510 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x149/0x290 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

read-write to 0xffff888100838cb8 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 1:
 wq_worker_tick+0x60/0x230 kernel/workqueue.c:1474
 sched_tick+0xd7/0x220 kernel/sched/core.c:5546
 update_process_times+0x15f/0x190 kernel/time/timer.c:2479
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:298 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x276/0x3d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:319
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1777 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x20f/0x5a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1841
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x21a/0x460 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1903
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1045 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5f/0x1d0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x32/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 __preempt_count_dec_and_test arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:95 [inline]
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3c/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 io_ring_ctx_ref_free+0x1c/0x30 io_uring/io_uring.c:217
 percpu_ref_put_many include/linux/percpu-refcount.h:335 [inline]
 percpu_ref_put include/linux/percpu-refcount.h:351 [inline]
 percpu_ref_call_confirm_rcu lib/percpu-refcount.c:164 [inline]
 percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu+0x34f/0x360 lib/percpu-refcount.c:206
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2605 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x544/0xc40 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2857
 rcu_core_si+0xd/0x20 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2874
 handle_softirqs+0xba/0x290 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x3a/0xc0 kernel/softirq.c:723
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x74/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:183 [inline]
 __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x31/0x70 kernel/kcov.c:217
 io_free_alloc_caches+0x9/0x70 io_uring/io_uring.c:275
 io_ring_ctx_free+0x7a/0x3d0 io_uring/io_uring.c:2852
 io_ring_exit_work+0x506/0x530 io_uring/io_uring.c:3081
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4ce/0x9d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x582/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x489/0x510 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x149/0x290 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

value changed: 0x000000000019c990 -> 0x000000000019f0a0

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 37 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: iou_exit io_ring_exit_work
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Crashes (559):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/10 13:11 upstream b6151c4e60e5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/09 06:31 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/06 19:37 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/06 01:12 upstream 7f98ab9da046 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/05 12:23 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/04 00:55 upstream aacb0a6d604a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/01 00:40 upstream 349bd28a86f2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/30 07:39 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/28 20:22 upstream c875a6c32467 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/28 12:31 upstream d26143bb38e2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/27 04:55 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/23 03:12 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/22 18:02 upstream 9448598b22c5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/21 10:17 upstream 9094662f6707 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/21 06:00 upstream d8ba32c5a460 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/15 13:53 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/14 00:47 upstream 9d9c1cfec01c d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/11 21:23 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/10 03:25 upstream cb015814f8b6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/07 23:29 upstream 37bb2e7217b0 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/07 07:16 upstream cc3ee4ba57b7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/06 22:34 upstream 416f99c3b16f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/05 18:54 upstream 2061f18ad76e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/04 21:12 upstream 559e608c4655 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/03 04:25 upstream d61f1cc5db79 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/02 21:36 upstream 4a26e7032d7d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/01 23:17 upstream 1d18101a644e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/01 07:26 upstream 7d0a66e4bb90 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/12/01 01:12 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/30 14:18 upstream 6bda50f4333f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/28 19:53 upstream e538109ac71d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/27 20:15 upstream 765e56e41a5a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/27 00:23 upstream 4941a17751c9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/26 19:09 upstream 30f09200cc4a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/26 11:05 upstream 30f09200cc4a 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/25 20:52 upstream 8a2bcda5e139 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/25 14:46 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/24 14:35 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/23 09:36 upstream d13f3ac64efb 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/22 23:47 upstream 89edd36fd801 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/21 21:08 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/19 22:43 upstream 23cb64fb7625 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/17 09:21 upstream 6a23ae0a96a6 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/16 21:53 upstream 7254a2b52279 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/16 07:07 upstream f824272b6e3f f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/14 06:39 upstream 6da43bbeb691 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/13 20:51 upstream 2ccec5944606 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/12 18:47 upstream 24172e0d7990 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/12 11:53 upstream 24172e0d7990 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2025/11/06 04:32 upstream 1c353dc8d962 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2023/12/01 12:41 upstream e8f60209d6cf f819d6f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2023/11/28 23:33 upstream 18d46e76d7c2 1adfb6f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.