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INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/18 07:15
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+6ca7bb44c961d7726b57@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 66d, last: 2d05h
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

  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/06/21 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 6282921b6825 C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/06/21 upstream (ToT) 739a6c93cc75 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (3) cgroups mm 1 1 2055d 2055d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (4) cgroups mm 1 28 2054d 2055d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread 1 1 695d 695d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/09 18:17
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (8) kernel 1 1 838d 838d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/07 05:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (5) kernel 1 2 1179d 1215d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/08/31 00:50
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (9) netfilter 1 C done 4106 2h23m 686d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/10/07 18:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (2) cgroups mm 1 12 2055d 2055d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread cgroups mm 1 150 2089d 2091d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread 1 6 430d 460d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/27 16:46
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (6) kernel 1 1 1054d 1054d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/12 15:50
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (2) 1 4 434d 439d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/24 04:34
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (7) kernel 1 1 947d 947d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/27 16:37
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread (2) 1 1 214d 214d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/01 18:18
upstream INFO: task hung in crda_timeout_work (8) wireless 1 C done 582 1d04h 330d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/09/27 16:53
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in worker_thread origin:lts 1 C done 1 363d 363d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/04 04:19
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/07/22 06:03 8h01m fix candidate upstream OK (1) 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): P989/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10503 jiffies, g=10305, q=317 ncpus=2)
task:kworker/u4:5    state:R  running task     stack:25288 pid:989   ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:7010
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x1f2/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5758
Code: 00 9c 8f 84 24 80 00 00 00 f6 84 24 81 00 00 00 02 0f 85 f5 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 3c 00 00 00 00 66 43 c7 44 3c 09 00 00 43 c6 44 3c 0b 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900041ffa40 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 5b1870541d176100
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaacbc0 RDI: ffffffff8afc6780
RBP: ffffc900041ffb48 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff21b46a4
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b46a5 R12: 1ffff9200083ff54
R13: ffffffff8cd2fba0 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:408 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xef/0x610 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 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>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10528 jiffies! g10305 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:26728 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 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:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 6001 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted 6.6.101-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:native_save_fl arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:26 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_save_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_preemption_disabled+0x55/0x110 lib/smp_processor_id.c:19
Code: 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 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 <9c> 8f 04 24 f7 04 24 00 02 00 00 74 cc 65 4c 8b 3d d6 8b 96 75 41
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003507b48 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000080000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaacbc0 RDI: ffffffff8afc6780
RBP: ffffc90003507c88 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff21b46aa
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b46ab R12: 1ffff920006a0f7c
R13: ffff88802ca84da0 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  000055559405d500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000020000006b000 CR3: 000000002f6ba000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lockdep_recursion_finish kernel/locking/lockdep.c:467 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1a7/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5756
 __might_fault+0xc6/0x120 mm/memory.c:5946
 _copy_from_user+0x2a/0xe0 lib/usercopy.c:14
 copy_from_user include/linux/uaccess.h:183 [inline]
 restore_sigcontext arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c:59 [inline]
 __ia32_sys_rt_sigreturn+0x27a/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c:266
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f366b32add9
Code: 64 c7 00 16 00 00 00 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 0f 1f 40 00 90 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 c7 c0 0f 00 00 00 0f 05 <0f> 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 81 ec 48 01 00 00 49 89 d0 64 48 8b 04 25
RSP: 002b:00007fff6ebd5d00 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000000f
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f366b5b5fa0 RCX: 00007f366b32add9
RDX: 00007fff6ebd5d00 RSI: 00007fff6ebd5e30 RDI: 0000000000000021
RBP: 00007f366b411e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f366b5b5fa0 R14: 00007f366b5b5fa0 R15: 0000000000000004
 </TASK>

Crashes (55):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/13 14:20 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 22ec1469 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/12 15:54 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/11 17:21 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/10 22:25 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/20 06:58 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/12 17:10 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/29 22:08 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d fc9d8ee5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/29 18:36 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d fc9d8ee5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/18 07:14 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb e77fae15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/18 09:46 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/18 02:47 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/17 17:46 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/16 16:24 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/16 10:14 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/16 09:56 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/20 01:41 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/06 07:00 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 4f67c4ae .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/23 05:49 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/23 00:39 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/22 00:22 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 3e79b825 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/20 23:00 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/15 23:27 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 worker_thread
2025/08/15 01:51 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 5d8c2ac2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/06 05:37 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 worker_thread
2025/08/01 00:53 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/01 00:51 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/08/01 00:41 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/31 23:36 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/23 13:54 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/23 01:33 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 8e9d1dc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/21 18:52 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 56d87229 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/18 08:30 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 88248e14 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/18 06:22 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 88248e14 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/10 23:33 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/10 22:05 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/10 10:59 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 956bd956 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/09 12:37 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/07 18:13 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/06 12:25 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/05 08:43 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/05 02:40 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d d869b261 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/04 22:48 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d d869b261 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/07/01 23:38 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 091a06cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/30 00:44 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/27 03:55 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/25 11:57 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/24 04:01 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 worker_thread
2025/06/24 03:55 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 worker_thread
2025/06/24 03:54 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 worker_thread
2025/06/24 03:49 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 worker_thread
2025/06/21 06:10 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/21 01:02 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 804b3919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/19 10:45 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
2025/06/19 02:48 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in worker_thread
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.