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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/03/27 11:38
Reported-by: syzbot+a0dc8f91386bb1406734@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 400d, last: 16d
Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (4) 1 1 395d 395d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/10 21:02
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (3) 1 1 544d 544d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/11 14:08
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (2) kernel 1 2 1195d 1280d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/22 20:06
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (3) tomoyo mm 1 C error 371 3h04m 992d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/08/13 23:42
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (5) 1 7 4d18h 218d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/25 16:42
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink 1 4 611d 829d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/07 03:28
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (2) 1 3 663d 674d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/15 13:02
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink 1 28 21d 285d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/20 18:19
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink mm kasan 1 1 1371d 1371d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/10/29 07:23
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink 1 1 780d 780d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/20 14:47
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_unlink 1 7 723d 745d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/07 01:29

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4273/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=9221, q=60 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:22608 pid:4273  ppid:4263   flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6874
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x5ab/0x920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5686
Code: 00 00 00 f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 2f 04 f8 75 70 f7 44 24 50 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 2f 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 2f 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003ef7240 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: efe5dea0ae608b9e RCX: 8b7ec195814f9b00
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8a8c2220 RDI: ffffffff8adf11a0
RBP: ffffc90003ef7360 R08: ffffffff8e1ff26f R09: 1ffffffff1c3fe4d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c3fe4e R12: ffff88801afb46b0
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88801afb4650 R15: 1ffff920007dee54
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:355 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:824 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x28b/0x2a0 kernel/bpf/core.c:737
 kernel_text_address+0x9c/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:125
 __kernel_text_address+0x9/0x30 kernel/extable.c:79
 unwind_get_return_address+0x49/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
 arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x121/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:127
 __reset_page_owner+0x51/0x1a0 mm/page_owner.c:148
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1486 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1536 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x8b4/0x9a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3413
 free_unref_page_list+0xbb/0x8e0 mm/page_alloc.c:3554
 release_pages+0x1fa6/0x2220 mm/swap.c:1035
 __pagevec_release+0x6d/0xe0 mm/swap.c:1055
 pagevec_release include/linux/pagevec.h:71 [inline]
 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:135 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x7c2/0x20c0 mm/shmem.c:946
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1062 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x25b/0xa80 mm/shmem.c:1171
 evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 do_unlinkat+0x388/0x580 fs/namei.c:4405
 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:4446 [inline]
 __se_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:4444 [inline]
 __x64_sys_unlink+0x45/0x50 fs/namei.c:4444
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f012999b907
RSP: 002b:00007ffda011ab18 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f012999b907
RDX: 00007ffda011ab40 RSI: 00007ffda011abd0 RDI: 00007ffda011abd0
RBP: 00007ffda011abd0 R08: 00007ffda011bbd0 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffda011bc60
R13: 00007f0129a32048 R14: 0000000000013d4e R15: 00007ffda011bca0
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10550 jiffies! g9221 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:27504 pid:16    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_timeout+0x184/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x303/0x1340 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1706
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1905
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 1 PID: 4416 Comm: syz.2.13 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:native_save_fl arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:35 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_save_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:70 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_irq_save arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:106 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_is_held_type+0x64/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5701
Code: 00 00 00 65 48 8b 1d cb 76 d4 75 83 bb dc 0a 00 00 00 0f 85 df 00 00 00 41 89 f7 49 89 fe 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 <4c> 8b 2c 24 fa 48 c7 c7 80 1d 8c 8a e8 eb 12 00 00 65 ff 05 14 81
RSP: 0018:ffffc900045d7ad8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88802a843b80 RCX: ffff88802a843b80
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffffffff8cb2d660
RBP: 00000000ffffffff R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 1ffff920008bafc5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520008bafc6 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffffff8cb2d660 R15: 00000000ffffffff
FS:  00007fec734a26c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2f71dff8 CR3: 000000005a32e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_is_held include/linux/lockdep.h:283 [inline]
 __might_resched+0xea/0x630 kernel/sched/core.c:9931
 __might_fault+0x6d/0x120 mm/memory.c:5848
 __clear_user arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:96 [inline]
 clear_user arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:124 [inline]
 copy_siginfo_to_user+0xca/0x140 kernel/signal.c:3341
 __setup_rt_frame arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:491 [inline]
 setup_rt_frame arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:784 [inline]
 handle_signal arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:828 [inline]
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xde5/0x1350 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:873
 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:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fec7259c817
Code: 83 c8 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
RSP: 002b:00007fec734a20e8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 00000000000000ca RBX: 00007fec72815fa8 RCX: 00007fec7259c819
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007fec72815fa8
RBP: 00007fec72815fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fec72816038 R14: 00007ffcd9d70470 R15: 00007ffcd9d70558
 </TASK>
sched: RT throttling activated

Crashes (24):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/15 23:03 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/24 20:57 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/21 03:34 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/12 10:28 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/10 17:51 linux-6.1.y 0182cb5b74ee 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/01 14:55 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/31 23:55 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/31 23:53 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/31 23:48 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/27 21:55 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/27 21:48 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/26 20:41 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/12/10 18:37 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/11/05 11:26 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/10/30 12:43 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/10/25 09:55 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/09/24 01:47 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 e667a34f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/09/20 02:49 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/09/10 06:06 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/09/08 18:04 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/08/07 20:45 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 04cffc22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/05/07 14:34 linux-6.1.y ac7079a42ea5 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/04/10 09:45 linux-6.1.y 3dfebb87d7eb 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/03/27 11:38 linux-6.1.y 344a09659766 20510e88 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.