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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/20 15:17
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+6554f4b40050f14e4b13@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 480d, last: 10d
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/05/31 linux-6.1.y (ToT) da3c5173c55f C [report] BUG: workqueue lockup
2025/04/01 upstream (ToT) 08733088b566 C [report] unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2025/05/31 upstream (ToT) 0f70f5b08a47 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (14)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone 1 1 585d 585d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/15 18:08
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone 1 3 732d 804d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/20 18:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (2) mm 1 49 1958d 2075d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/01 05:26
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (4) kernel 1 1 1475d 1475d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/27 17:49
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (3) kernel 1 2 1811d 1833d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/26 22:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (6) kasan mm 1 1 1145d 1145d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/08/23 03:28
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone kernel 1 1 2131d 2131d 13/29 fixed on 2019/10/09 10:54
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (8) mm 1 C error 280 1d16h 472d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/29 00:16
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone 1 2 2029d 2048d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/04/21 05:46
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (5) kernfs 1 5 1280d 1379d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:00
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (7) fs 1 1 881d 881d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/14 17:18
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone (2) missing-backport origin:upstream 1 C done 18 50d 474d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 00:16
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_clone 1 1 370d 370d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/06 12:58
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_clone origin:upstream 1 C error 18 306d 449d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/19 12:14
Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/06/20 14:16 16m fix candidate upstream error job log
2025/05/07 03:15 15m bisect fix linux-6.1.y error job log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4305/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=4113, q=318 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor370 state:R  running task     stack:0     pid:4305  ppid:4300   flags:0x00000004
Call trace:
 __switch_to+0x2f4/0x568 arch/arm64/kernel/process.c:555
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0xdd4/0x1b2c kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x8c/0x1b8 kernel/sched/core.c:6873
 arm64_preempt_schedule_irq+0x44/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:265
 __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:474 [inline]
 el1_interrupt+0x3c/0x54 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:486
 el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:491
 el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:581
 __preempt_count_add+0x28/0x6c arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h:47
 lockdep_enabled kernel/locking/lockdep.c:119 [inline]
 lock_is_held_type+0x34/0x198 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5698
 lock_is_held include/linux/lockdep.h:283 [inline]
 task_css include/linux/cgroup.h:509 [inline]
 mem_cgroup_from_task+0x64/0x120 mm/memcontrol.c:985
 get_obj_cgroup_from_current+0x268/0x450 mm/memcontrol.c:3023
 memcg_slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:485 [inline]
 slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:715 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3318 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3406 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3413 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0xa8/0x318 mm/slub.c:3422
 vm_area_dup+0x30/0x1c8 kernel/fork.c:467
 dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:646 [inline]
 dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1541 [inline]
 copy_mm+0x7fc/0x11d4 kernel/fork.c:1590
 copy_process+0x1618/0x3670 kernel/fork.c:2351
 kernel_clone+0x1d8/0x8fc kernel/fork.c:2757
 __do_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2898 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2866 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_clone+0x140/0x19c kernel/fork.c:2866
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10501 jiffies! g4113 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=1
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:0     pid:16    ppid:2      flags:0x00000008
Call trace:
 __switch_to+0x2f4/0x568 arch/arm64/kernel/process.c:555
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0xdd4/0x1b2c kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xc4/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_timeout+0x180/0x2c8 kernel/time/timer.c:1965
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x2a8/0x134c kernel/rcu/tree.c:1706
 rcu_gp_kthread+0xc0/0x2f8 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1905
 kthread+0x250/0x2d8 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:849
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 1 PID: 4327 Comm: syz-executor370 Not tainted 6.1.142-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : lock_release+0x4c0/0x910 arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:-1
lr : lockdep_recursion_finish kernel/locking/lockdep.c:467 [inline]
lr : lock_release+0x488/0x910 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5684
sp : ffff800020997600
x29: ffff800020997640 x28: ffff800014fd5d00 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: dfff800000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff0000d8795db8
x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffffffffffffffff
x20: ffff0000d8795340 x19: ffff00019f726d00 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000
 x16: ffff8000082d0f50 x15: 0000ffffefbaf238

x14: 0000000000000000
 x13: 1ffff00002a100b1 x12: 0000000000ff0100
x11: ff0080000a88b400 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000080
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : ffff8000087d2f14 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000001
x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : ffff800011a8e920 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
 arch_local_irq_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:122 [inline]
 lock_release+0x4c0/0x910 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5685
 __might_fault+0xf0/0x124 mm/memory.c:5852
 restore_sigframe arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:649 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_rt_sigreturn+0x2a4/0x1e00 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:700
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585

Crashes (25):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/30 15:18 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/03/30 14:53 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b d3999433 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/11/29 12:25 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 5df23865 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/07/03 10:42 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/06/09 01:12 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/05/15 05:05 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d d6b2ee52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/04/06 03:15 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b 1c65791e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/02/27 13:27 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/02/27 08:39 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/02/14 11:04 linux-6.1.y 0cbb5f65e52f d9a046cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/01/30 13:03 linux-6.1.y 75cefdf153f5 afe4eff5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/01/14 16:11 linux-6.1.y c63962be84ef f310a27d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2025/01/09 23:14 linux-6.1.y c63962be84ef 9220929f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/12/14 19:12 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 7cbfbb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/12/11 22:51 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 ff949d25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/10/24 19:19 linux-6.1.y 7ec6f9fa3d97 0d144d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/10/19 15:14 linux-6.1.y 54d90d17e8ce cd6fc0a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/10/15 01:36 linux-6.1.y aa4cd140bba5 b01b6661 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/09/28 14:49 linux-6.1.y e526b12bf916 ba29ff75 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/07/30 19:34 linux-6.1.y c1cec4dad96b 6fde257d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/07/06 22:30 linux-6.1.y 7753af06eebf 2a40360c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/06/22 03:02 linux-6.1.y eb44d83053d6 edc5149a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/05/27 10:47 linux-6.1.y 88690811da69 761766e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/05/03 04:16 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 ddfc15a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
2024/03/20 15:16 linux-6.1.y d7543167affd 5b7d42ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_clone
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.