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: 433d, last: 8h05m
▶ ▼ 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 543d 543d 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 692d 692d 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 1343d 1428d 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 syz, C error 426 7d07h 1140d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/08/13 23:42
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (2) 1 37 5d02h 548d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/03/27 11:38
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink (5) 1 17 8d03h 366d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/25 16:42
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink 1 4 758d 977d 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 811d 822d 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 1518d 1518d 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 928d 928d 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 870d 893d 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): P6964/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=77297, q=162 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:21032 pid:6964  ppid:6952   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7011
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:441
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:__preempt_count_add arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:80 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rcu_is_watching+0x9/0xb0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:699
Code: f7 1f 09 48 c7 c7 40 89 13 8d 4c 89 f6 e8 ff 24 f6 02 e9 44 ff ff ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 56 53 <65> ff 05 e8 65 92 7e e8 ab 0d 20 09 89 c3 83 f8 08 73 60 49 bf 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900045cf660 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffffff81e80cc9 RCX: ffff88805ff30000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8b1d3b80 RDI: ffffffff8b1d3b40
RBP: ffff88805c574054 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff223d6a0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff223d6a1 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffffea00013e7d78 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff88805c574010
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:815 [inline]
 percpu_ref_get_many+0xb5/0x140 include/linux/percpu-refcount.h:209
 percpu_ref_get include/linux/percpu-refcount.h:222 [inline]
 css_get include/linux/cgroup_refcnt.h:11 [inline]
 uncharge_folio+0x1d9/0x6e0 mm/memcontrol.c:7263
 __mem_cgroup_uncharge_list+0xda/0x160 mm/memcontrol.c:7314
 mem_cgroup_uncharge_list include/linux/memcontrol.h:713 [inline]
 release_pages+0x2082/0x2300 mm/swap.c:1021
 __folio_batch_release+0x71/0xe0 mm/swap.c:1042
 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:83 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x5ff/0x1a80 mm/shmem.c:1026
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1135 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x285/0xa70 mm/shmem.c:1264
 evict+0x4b7/0x8a0 fs/inode.c:705
 do_unlinkat+0x38c/0x590 fs/namei.c:4453
 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:4494 [inline]
 __se_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:4492 [inline]
 __x64_sys_unlink+0x49/0x50 fs/namei.c:4492
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f5431f9d247
RSP: 002b:00007ffe749bd498 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f5431f9d247
RDX: 00007ffe749bd4c0 RSI: 00007ffe749bd550 RDI: 00007ffe749bd550
RBP: 00007ffe749bd550 R08: 00007ffe749be550 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffe749be5e0
R13: 00007f54320344bb R14: 0000000000161fa0 R15: 00007ffe749be620
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10154 jiffies! g77297 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:25936 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x30d/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 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148
Code: 89 18 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 03 f6 36 00 fb f4 <c3> 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2c 89 cb 80 f9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000187de0 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: e59560794ef81000 RBX: ffffffff81631d11 RCX: e59560794ef81000
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8acacce0 RDI: ffffffff8b1d3ba0
RBP: ffffc90000187f20 R08: ffff8880b8f36b6b R09: 1ffff110171e6d6d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6d6e R12: 1ffff92000030fc8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 1ffff1100374d780 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f4365c00020 CR3: 000000002f6f7000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
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:178 [inline]
 do_idle+0x221/0x5c0 kernel/sched/idle.c:302
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:401
 start_secondary+0xee/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:323
 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b
 </TASK>

Crashes (51):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/26 16:49 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/09/24 09:41 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 0281b448 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/09/16 14:59 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/09/05 03:12 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/08/18 15:45 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/08/11 23:22 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/07/30 05:39 linux-6.6.y ae068b676196 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/07/25 15:17 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/06/29 00:09 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/06/28 04:48 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/06/21 02:50 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/06/17 04:23 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/06/06 21:54 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/06/04 09:48 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/28 21:30 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 681715f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/28 17:31 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 681715f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/23 10:45 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/22 17:42 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c 5f091fcc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/17 23:53 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/17 13:48 linux-6.6.y 4d922539ad7d de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/13 13:19 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/10 20:42 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/05/05 02:12 linux-6.6.y 258cf62a6dfd a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/04/11 08:08 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/04/04 14:59 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/03/28 11:29 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2026/03/26 05:44 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 c6143aac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
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.