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WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/09/17 20:24
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+55eefb0fb72d79edc905@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 848d, last: 5d01h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 5f6bd380c7bdbe10f7b4e8ddcceed60ce0714c6d
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: Mon May 27 12:06:55 2024 +0000

  sched/rt: Remove default bandwidth control

  
Fix bisection: the issue occurs on the latest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/10/26 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 7ec6f9fa3d97 C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2023/09/17 upstream (ToT) e789286468a9 C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2024/10/26 upstream (ToT) 850925a8133c C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall net -1 C done error 2887 1h42m 2516d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/02/22 17:10
linux-5.15 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall (3) -1 6 66d 194d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/07/02 22:12
linux-6.6 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall origin:lts-only -1 C done 105 5d18h 209d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/17 13:49
linux-5.15 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall (2) -1 7 483d 628d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 11:45
linux-5.15 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall -1 1 766d 766d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/17 09:39
Fix bisection attempts (8)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2024/10/27 19:52 8h51m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2024/05/29 18:22 3h12m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/04/23 22:22 2h31m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/03/23 19:09 2h03m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/02/22 09:50 1h52m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/12/26 09:17 2h07m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/11/25 10:46 2h03m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/10/22 07:20 2h06m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4528 at kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:970 rcu_check_gp_start_stall+0x2dc/0x460 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:962
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4528 Comm: syz.0.54 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:rcu_check_gp_start_stall+0x2dc/0x460 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:970
Code: ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 20 3f a1 96 be 04 00 00 00 e8 3a 5d 65 00 48 89 df b8 01 00 00 00 87 05 8c 89 35 15 85 c0 0f 85 19 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 48 81 ff 80 06 93 8c 74 47 48 c7 c0 e4 42 ff 8d 48 c1 e8 03
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0b78 EFLAGS: 00010046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff8c930680 RCX: ffffffff816bb586
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff8c930680
RBP: ffffc900001e0df0 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: fffffbfff2d427e4 R11: 1ffffffff2d427e4 R12: 0000000000002904
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000a06 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00005555874dd500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffc088a9ff8 CR3: 000000002e9b8000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 rcu_core+0x5d9/0x16a0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2552
 handle_softirqs+0x2a1/0x920 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x12f/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:679
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:160 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x25/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202
Code: f5 ff 0f 1f 00 53 48 89 fb 48 83 c7 18 48 8b 74 24 08 e8 ae 05 49 f7 48 89 df e8 06 cb 49 f7 e8 d1 bd 6c f7 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 96 43 3d f7 65 8b 05 27 f1 e7 75 85 c0 74 02 5b c3 e8 c4 02 e6
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003657b98 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 33973d228fc4e500 RBX: ffff88802eead340 RCX: 33973d228fc4e500
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a6c0600 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff88802eead5d8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed1005dd5a69
R10: ffffed1005dd5a69 R11: 1ffff11005dd5a68 R12: 1ffff11005dd5abb
R13: 0000000000000011 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock.h:401 [inline]
 get_signal+0x1163/0x1350 kernel/signal.c:2874
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xb7/0x1240 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:871
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:87
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f7aabb84da4
Code: 48 83 c4 18 c3 e8 2c dc 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 48 8b 05 71 e9 22 00 48 85 c0 74 14 48 83 ec 08 ff d0 85 c0 <75> 1a 31 c0 48 83 c4 08 c3 0f 1f 00 b8 e4 00 00 00 0f 05 85 c0 75
RSP: 002b:00007ffcc5caf8a0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000000001ff
RDX: 0000010809ed4761 RSI: 00007ffcc5caf900 RDI: 000000001e1eb1da
RBP: 00007f7aabc281eb R08: 00000000000001ff R09: 001dc22174504a08
R10: 000001080921a358 R11: 0000000000013e6e R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7aabde5fa0 R14: 00007f7aabde5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess), 2 bytes skipped:
   0:	0f 1f 00             	nopl   (%rax)
   3:	53                   	push   %rbx
   4:	48 89 fb             	mov    %rdi,%rbx
   7:	48 83 c7 18          	add    $0x18,%rdi
   b:	48 8b 74 24 08       	mov    0x8(%rsp),%rsi
  10:	e8 ae 05 49 f7       	call   0xf74905c3
  15:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  18:	e8 06 cb 49 f7       	call   0xf749cb23
  1d:	e8 d1 bd 6c f7       	call   0xf76cbdf3
  22:	fb                   	sti
  23:	bf 01 00 00 00       	mov    $0x1,%edi
* 28:	e8 96 43 3d f7       	call   0xf73d43c3 <-- trapping instruction
  2d:	65 8b 05 27 f1 e7 75 	mov    %gs:0x75e7f127(%rip),%eax        # 0x75e7f15b
  34:	85 c0                	test   %eax,%eax
  36:	74 02                	je     0x3a
  38:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  39:	c3                   	ret
  3a:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8
  3b:	c4                   	.byte 0xc4
  3c:	02 e6                	add    %dh,%ah

Crashes (24):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/03 11:09 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/09/25 07:07 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 0abd0691 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2023/09/17 20:24 linux-6.1.y 09045dae0d90 0b6a67ac .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/12/25 08:16 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2026/01/07 22:15 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/11/10 15:35 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/11/06 06:56 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/10/01 09:17 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/08/29 06:55 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/08/14 02:52 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/07/26 23:25 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/06/11 21:34 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/05/28 21:27 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/05/01 09:33 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 ce7952f4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/04/30 15:46 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 85a5a23f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2025/04/11 13:03 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 94486846 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/08/24 04:05 linux-6.1.y ee5e09825b81 d7d32352 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/08/10 01:33 linux-6.1.y 48d525b0e463 a83d9288 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/07/17 11:22 linux-6.1.y cac15753b8ce 215bec2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/07/06 15:06 linux-6.1.y 7753af06eebf 2a40360c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/06/24 03:15 linux-6.1.y eb44d83053d6 edc5149a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/06/24 03:11 linux-6.1.y eb44d83053d6 edc5149a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/01/12 19:37 linux-6.1.y 7c58bfa711cb 551587c1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2024/10/02 01:46 linux-6.1.y aa4cd140bba5 ea2b66a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.