INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/01 17:54
Reported-by: syzbot+93a87a6df68414016c15@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 52d, last: 1d09h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg 1 2 785d 875d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/07 10:13
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) 1 2 3d20h 32d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/09/21 22:20
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg 1 1 432d 432d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/25 17:18
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg (4) block prio:low 1 2 16d 15d 0/29 moderation: reported on 2026/10/08 20:17
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) 1 1 242d 242d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/03 19:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg block 1 2 2113d 2146d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/04/09 11:08
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) 1 2 272d 331d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/05 06:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) usb block 1 syz, C done 7 785d 898d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:57
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg 1 1 237d 237d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/09 04:24
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg (3) prio:low block 1 27 197d 541d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/19 06:30
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg (2) block 1 3 690d 722d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/02 19:34
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg block 1 1 1009d 1005d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/17 16:28

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=0cd/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=12698/12699 fqs=4930 
	(t=10500 jiffies g=17697 q=1554)
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 6572 Comm: syz.4.592 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline]
 rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x22d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:349
 print_cpu_stall+0x31f/0x5f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:633
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:727 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x6ec/0x1120 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:2021
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4b0/0xb60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x397/0x8b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:206 [inline]
RIP: 0010:slab_pre_alloc_hook+0x19/0xc0 mm/slab.h:492
Code: 4b 02 e9 e4 fe ff ff e8 b5 cf 42 ff eb 8b 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 89 cd 49 89 d7 49 89 f6 48 89 fb 23 2d ff 83 ad 0c <89> ef e8 50 ba f6 ff 89 ef e8 49 bb f6 ff f7 c5 00 04 00 00 74 18
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007968 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: ffffffff87e0c364 RBX: ffff88801c5e4140 RCX: 0000000000000a20
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffc900000079a0 RDI: ffff88801c5e4140
RBP: 0000000000000a20 R08: ffff88814cfb85ab R09: 1ffff110299f70b5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10299f70b6 R12: ffff88801c5e4140
R13: 0000000000000a20 R14: ffffc900000079a0 R15: 0000000000000001
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3139 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x47/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:3261
 __alloc_skb+0xf4/0x750 net/core/skbuff.c:415
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1162 [inline]
 new_skb drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:67 [inline]
 aoecmd_cfg_pkts drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:431 [inline]
 aoecmd_cfg+0x282/0x910 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1371
 call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1648
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1699 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x56c/0x810 kernel/time/timer.c:1970
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1983
 handle_softirqs+0x336/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:finish_lock_switch+0x12f/0x290 kernel/sched/core.c:4804
Code: 83 c7 18 be ff ff ff ff e8 be bc 6d 08 85 c0 74 46 4d 85 ff 75 62 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 df e8 58 2d 77 08 e8 a3 f2 2a 00 fb 5b <41> 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 89 df e8 2f 0e fe ff 43 80 3c 2c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900032ff7b8 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: add9429380d81f00 RBX: ffff8880588a0000 RCX: add9429380d81f00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2b60 RDI: ffffffff8a7a4b40
RBP: 1ffff110171c7613 R08: ffff8880b8e3b30b R09: 1ffff110171c7661
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c7662 R12: 1ffff110171c75c1
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8e3ae08 R15: 0000000000000000
 finish_task_switch+0x12f/0x650 kernel/sched/core.c:4921
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5052 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11cb/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 freezable_schedule include/linux/freezer.h:172 [inline]
 futex_wait_queue_me+0x22b/0x440 kernel/futex/core.c:2866
 futex_wait+0x256/0x680 kernel/futex/core.c:2967
 do_futex+0xdc2/0x12b0 kernel/futex/core.c:4018
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/core.c:4095 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x389/0x420 kernel/futex/core.c:4076
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f8773d24559
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f8771f7b0e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8773faafa8 RCX: 00007f8773d24559
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007f8773faafa8
RBP: 00007f8773faafa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8773fab038 R14: 00007ffc763f6e10 R15: 00007ffc763f6ef8
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/23 00:49 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 b55fad29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/22 07:55 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/16 13:39 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/15 22:49 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/14 23:26 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/01 17:54 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.