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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/31 02:33
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+455cf6d72dfed822de56@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 666d, last: 16h22m
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise (2) 0 (1) 2025/08/31 02:33
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise (2) 1 1 240d 240d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/17 02:28
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise 1 2 108d 111d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/26 08:47
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise scsi 1 1 911d 911d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/05 19:10
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise 1 1 581d 581d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/10 08:27
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise 1 1 398d 398d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/11 11:19
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_madvise 1 1 681d 681d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/23 02:57
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in sys_madvise 1 1 1370d 1370d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/09/03 05:10
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in sys_madvise (2) 1 1 1236d 1236d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/14 20:18

Sample crash report:
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5542/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=283013, q=451 ncpus=1)
task:syz.3.6518      state:R  running task     stack:24744 pid:5542  tgid:5534  ppid:28462  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5260 [inline]
 __schedule+0xfe4/0x5e10 kernel/sched/core.c:6867
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x50/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7194
 irqentry_exit+0x17b/0x670 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:183 [inline]
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data+0x0/0x90 kernel/kcov.c:246
Code: 8e 8c dd 11 48 8b 80 60 16 00 00 e9 8a ec 70 09 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 <65> 8b 05 79 8c dd 11 49 89 f8 49 89 f1 49 89 d2 65 48 8b 3d 50 8c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004777340 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88805ae679c2 RCX: ffffffff8b720ad2
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 000000000000003f RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 000000000000011e R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc900047773a0
R13: ffff88805ae679c0 R14: 0000000000000006 R15: 000000000000011e
 get_offset lib/xarray.c:147 [inline]
 xas_descend lib/xarray.c:207 [inline]
 xas_load+0x112/0x5c0 lib/xarray.c:246
 filemap_get_entry+0x109/0x3b0 mm/filemap.c:1895
 shmem_get_folio_gfp+0xa43/0x1900 mm/shmem.c:2503
 shmem_get_folio+0x84/0xb0 mm/shmem.c:2685
 collapse_file+0x11fb/0x39f0 mm/khugepaged.c:1927
 hpage_collapse_scan_file+0x603/0x1f20 mm/khugepaged.c:2387
 madvise_collapse+0x3c9/0xa30 mm/khugepaged.c:2810
 madvise_vma_behavior+0x14f7/0x2a40 mm/madvise.c:1372
 madvise_walk_vmas+0x2fe/0xa90 mm/madvise.c:1721
 madvise_do_behavior+0x1ea/0x510 mm/madvise.c:1937
 do_madvise+0x195/0x240 mm/madvise.c:2030
 __do_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:2039 [inline]
 __se_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:2037 [inline]
 __x64_sys_madvise+0xa9/0x110 mm/madvise.c:2037
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xc9/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fce3739aeb9
RSP: 002b:00007fce382a3028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000001c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fce37616090 RCX: 00007fce3739aeb9
RDX: 0000000000000019 RSI: ffffffffffff0005 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fce37408c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fce37616128 R14: 00007fce37616090 R15: 00007ffd2817cac8
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 431 jiffies! g283013 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:28408 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5260 [inline]
 __schedule+0xfe4/0x5e10 kernel/sched/core.c:6867
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6949 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x390 kernel/sched/core.c:6964
 schedule_timeout+0x127/0x280 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1a9/0xb00 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x21e/0x320 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x3b3/0x730 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xaf0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3411 Comm: kworker/R-bat_e Tainted: G          I  L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [I]=FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_tt_purge
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0xb/0x70 kernel/kcov.c:213
Code: 5d 00 be 03 00 00 00 5b e9 b2 aa de 02 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 65 8b 05 65 85 dd 11 <48> 8b 34 24 65 48 8b 15 41 85 dd 11 a9 00 01 ff 00 74 1b f6 c4 01
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000074f8 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000080000101 RBX: 000000000000004b RCX: ffffffff8a505e8c
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8880326c9e80
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888078531000
R13: ffff8880396ad6dc R14: ffffc90000007618 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881245e3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005608b2dd8a38 CR3: 0000000032834000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 net_generic+0x9c/0x2a0 include/net/netns/generic.h:47
 is_vlan_ip net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:93 [inline]
 br_nf_forward+0xf1/0x19f0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:768
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0xbf/0x220 net/netfilter/core.c:623
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:273 [inline]
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:316 [inline]
 __br_forward+0x2f6/0x970 net/bridge/br_forward.c:115
 deliver_clone net/bridge/br_forward.c:131 [inline]
 br_flood+0x37f/0x650 net/bridge/br_forward.c:250
 br_handle_frame_finish+0xf57/0x1f00 net/bridge/br_input.c:229
 nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:313 [inline]
 br_handle_frame+0x977/0x1520 net/bridge/br_input.c:442
 __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x6d7/0x3460 net/core/dev.c:6039
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xb0/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:6150
 __netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x120 net/core/dev.c:6265
 process_backlog+0x37a/0x1580 net/core/dev.c:6617
 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xaf/0x450 net/core/dev.c:7681
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7744 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0xa40/0xf20 net/core/dev.c:7896
 handle_softirqs+0x1ea/0x910 kernel/softirq.c:622
 do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:523 [inline]
 do_softirq+0xac/0xe0 kernel/softirq.c:510
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0xf8/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:450
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
 batadv_tt_local_purge+0x21c/0x3d0 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:1315
 batadv_tt_purge+0x8b/0xbd0 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:3509
 process_one_work+0x9c2/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3257
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline]
 rescuer_thread+0x8f1/0xf40 kernel/workqueue.c:3528
 kthread+0x3b3/0x730 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xaf0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
net_ratelimit: 11488 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:02:7b:f8:36:dc:5b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:02:7b:f8:36:dc:5b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:02:7b:f8:36:dc:5b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
net_ratelimit: 11819 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:02:7b:f8:36:dc:5b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:02:7b:f8:36:dc:5b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)

Crashes (42):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/03 14:13 upstream 6bd9ed02871f 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2026/02/01 04:55 upstream 162b42445b58 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2026/01/29 22:57 upstream 8dfce8991b95 bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2026/01/20 16:31 upstream 24d479d26b25 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/12/23 17:48 upstream b927546677c8 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/11/21 16:04 upstream fd95357fd8c6 52ed5c96 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/10/27 22:25 upstream fd57572253bc fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/10/27 01:33 upstream dbfc6422a34d c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/10/23 08:22 upstream 250a17e8f955 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/08/14 04:24 upstream dfc0f6373094 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/06/24 08:47 upstream 78f4e737a53e 1a7fb460 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/04/17 10:04 upstream cfb2e2c57aef 2a6ededb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/03/30 19:20 upstream 7f2ff7b62617 d3999433 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/03/14 01:34 upstream 4003c9e78778 e2826670 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/03/04 23:14 upstream 99fa936e8e4f c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/02/22 04:58 upstream ff202c5028a1 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/01/01 10:53 upstream ccb98ccef0e5 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/12/10 17:43 upstream 7cb1b4663150 cfc402b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/12/10 15:00 upstream 7cb1b4663150 cfc402b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/10/13 20:50 upstream cfea70e835b9 084d8178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/09/25 22:27 upstream aa486552a110 349a68c4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/09/13 01:53 upstream 196145c606d0 60e1a995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/09/07 22:34 upstream b31c44928842 9750182a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/09/07 16:53 upstream b31c44928842 9750182a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/09/04 19:41 upstream c7fb1692dc01 9d47f20a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/08/29 11:21 upstream 928f79a188aa ef3de9e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/07/04 17:44 upstream 795c58e4c7fc dc6bbff0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/06/27 04:18 upstream 24ca36a562d6 880c1ca1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/06/14 07:05 upstream 2ccbdf43d5e7 a9616ff5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/06/13 21:00 upstream 2ccbdf43d5e7 a9616ff5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/06/04 13:19 upstream f06ce441457d a1feae05 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/05/14 18:44 upstream a5131c3fdf26 fdb4c10c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/04/08 13:39 upstream fe46a7dd189e ca620dd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/09/16 02:54 upstream 46a51f4f5eda e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/09/11 05:53 upstream 7aac71907bde fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/08/27 02:25 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/10/09 21:42 upstream 75b607fab38d 0278d004 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/11/28 17:06 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/08/01 14:40 linux-next 84b92a499e7e 40127d41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2025/05/23 03:08 linux-next 460178e842c7 fa44301a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/11/29 23:26 linux-next f486c8aa16b8 68914665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
2024/06/08 11:09 linux-next d35b2284e966 82c05ab8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_madvise
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.