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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/20 18:19
Reported-by: syzbot+dfe0a4ce11e613b0f2f7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 227d, last: 2d17h
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 337d 337d 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 486d 486d 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 1137d 1222d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/22 20:06
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (3) mm 1 C error 355 1d17h 934d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/08/13 23:42
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (2) 1 23 8d15h 343d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/03/27 11:38
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (5) 1 6 19d 160d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/25 16:42
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink 1 4 553d 772d 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 605d 617d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/15 13:02
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink mm kasan 1 1 1313d 1313d 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 722d 722d 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 665d 687d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/07 01:29

Sample crash report:
dccp_v4_rcv: dropped packet with invalid checksum
dccp_v4_rcv: dropped packet with invalid checksum
dccp_v4_rcv: dropped packet with invalid checksum
dccp_v4_rcv: dropped packet with invalid checksum
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P8904/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=82305, q=266 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:21704 pid:8904  ppid:8884   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 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:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:182 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x10/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:216
Code: 89 fb e8 13 00 00 00 48 8b 3d cc cb 03 0d 48 89 de 5b e9 d3 5f 57 00 cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d a0 a0 7c 7e <65> 8b 15 a1 a0 7c 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004b0f720 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff8a772ee2 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff88802c2b8000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffea000158c300 R08: ffff88802c2b8000 R09: 0000000000000002
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff92000961f06
R13: ffffc90004b0f832 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffc90004b0f838
 xas_find+0x982/0xab0 lib/xarray.c:1273
 find_get_entry mm/filemap.c:2013 [inline]
 find_lock_entries+0x1e9/0xfe0 mm/filemap.c:2114
 shmem_undo_range+0x2b3/0x1b20 mm/shmem.c:1008
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1135 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x245/0x9e0 mm/shmem.c:1264
 evict+0x4ca/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 do_unlinkat+0x38c/0x590 fs/namei.c:4406
 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:4447 [inline]
 __se_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:4445 [inline]
 __x64_sys_unlink+0x49/0x50 fs/namei.c:4445
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fb577d9b887
RSP: 002b:00007ffc03d088a8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fb577d9b887
RDX: 00007ffc03d088d0 RSI: 00007ffc03d08960 RDI: 00007ffc03d08960
RBP: 00007ffc03d08960 R08: 00007ffc03d09960 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffc03d099f0
R13: 00007fb577e31f90 R14: 0000000000098ce2 R15: 00007ffc03d09a30
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10531 jiffies! g82305 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:26024 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 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: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148
Code: c7 22 02 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 83 d1 43 00 fb f4 <c3> 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2e 41 89 de 80
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ce07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: 6bd1525906498f00 RBX: ffffffff8162a490 RCX: 6bd1525906498f00
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8acac900 RDI: ffffffff8b1c82e0
RBP: ffffffff8ce07eb8 R08: ffff8880b8e36b2b R09: 1ffff110171c6d65
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6d66 R12: 1ffffffff19d2688
R13: 1ffffffff19c0fbc R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000067865000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:170 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1f0/0x4e0 kernel/sched/idle.c:282
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:380
 rest_init+0x2e2/0x300 init/main.c:744
 arch_call_rest_init+0xe/0x10 init/main.c:841
 start_kernel+0x459/0x4e0 init/main.c:1086
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:555
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x60/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:536
 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b
 </TASK>
dccp_v4_rcv: dropped packet with invalid checksum

Crashes (24):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/02 18:54 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/25 07:20 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/23 16:56 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/21 10:40 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/15 12:44 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/11 18:48 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/11 05:36 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/09 01:21 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/02/03 04:43 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc d78927dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/31 05:19 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/01/15 11:06 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/12/20 01:17 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/12/12 05:51 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/12/11 10:44 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/12/10 10:44 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/11/08 07:48 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/11/07 04:11 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/11/07 03:37 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/10/26 19:07 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/10/24 06:07 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/09/30 05:14 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/07/31 13:11 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/07/23 13:51 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/07/20 18:18 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.