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INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/10/22 03:00
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+f172d48953db0cf91855@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 229d, last: 6h05m
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter (3) 0 (1) 2025/10/22 03:00
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter (2) mm 1 142 311d 581d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/01 06:33
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter 1 4 1d00h 165d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/16 18:02
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter mm 1 4 732d 774d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/27 04:51

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P15515/1:b..l P9164/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=101681, q=1572 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:20832 pid:9164  tgid:9164  ppid:9151   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x149b/0x4fd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_common+0x83/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:7047
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:12
 __raw_spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:143 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock+0x3f/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:186
 spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock.h:391 [inline]
 copy_pte_range mm/memory.c:1331 [inline]
 copy_pmd_range+0x74f2/0x7e00 mm/memory.c:1392
 copy_pud_range mm/memory.c:1429 [inline]
 copy_p4d_range mm/memory.c:1453 [inline]
 copy_page_range+0xb88/0x11d0 mm/memory.c:1535
 dup_mmap+0xf4a/0x1b80 mm/mmap.c:1827
 dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1529 [inline]
 copy_mm+0x13c/0x4b0 kernel/fork.c:1581
 copy_process+0x165d/0x3950 kernel/fork.c:2221
 kernel_clone+0x21e/0x820 kernel/fork.c:2651
 __do_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2792 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2776 [inline]
 __x64_sys_clone+0x18b/0x1e0 kernel/fork.c:2776
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fcb51985e93
RSP: 002b:00007fff5a1a1e58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000038
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fcb51985e93
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000001200011
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 00005555663567d0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00000000000927c0 R14: 000000000011ced7 R15: 00007fff5a1a1ff0
 </TASK>
task:syz.6.2323      state:R  running task     stack:25336 pid:15515 tgid:15514 ppid:14421  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x149b/0x4fd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7190
 irqentry_exit+0x5d8/0x660 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x161/0x23d0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:510
Code: db 74 23 48 81 c3 88 00 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 55 1b 00 00 f6 03 03 0f 85 ec 18 00 00 49 8d 5e 35 <48> 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 48 89 44 24 28 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 4c 1b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002ec70d8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffff920005d8e3f RBX: ffffc90002ec71dd RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 000000002cfee285 RSI: ffffffff8bc083c0 RDI: ffffffff8bc08380
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff8173fd65 R09: ffffffff8df41aa0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81acf3d0 R12: 1ffff920005d8e35
R13: ffffc90002ec71f8 R14: ffffc90002ec71a8 R15: ffffffff8173fd65
 arch_stack_walk+0x11c/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0xf5/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:165
 __set_page_owner+0x8d/0x4c0 mm/page_owner.c:341
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x234/0x290 mm/page_alloc.c:1846
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1854 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24e0/0x2580 mm/page_alloc.c:3915
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5210
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2486
 folio_alloc_mpol_noprof+0x39/0x70 mm/mempolicy.c:2505
 shmem_alloc_folio mm/shmem.c:1890 [inline]
 shmem_alloc_and_add_folio+0x423/0xf40 mm/shmem.c:1932
 shmem_get_folio_gfp+0x59d/0x1660 mm/shmem.c:2556
 shmem_get_folio mm/shmem.c:2662 [inline]
 shmem_write_begin+0x16c/0x330 mm/shmem.c:3315
 generic_perform_write+0x2c5/0x900 mm/filemap.c:4314
 shmem_file_write_iter+0xf8/0x120 mm/shmem.c:3490
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686
 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1c738e1ff
RSP: 002b:00007fa1c8169df0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000001000000 RCX: 00007fa1c738e1ff
RDX: 0000000001000000 RSI: 00007fa1bd000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000000061ca
R10: 0000200000016fc2 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 00007fa1c8169ef0 R14: 00007fa1c8169eb0 R15: 00007fa1bd000000
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10591 jiffies! g101681 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:27312 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x149b/0x4fd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: 3e b4 b6 f5 cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 73 c1 0e 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <e9> 13 b4 b6 f5 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197e20 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: 00000000016f3b19 RBX: ffffffff819713ee RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d79201e RDI: ffffffff8bc083e0
RBP: ffffc90000197f10 R08: ffff8880b87336db R09: 1ffff110170e66db
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e66dc R12: ffffffff8f822270
R13: 1ffff110038d5b70 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125f1f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 0000000075cb8000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x73/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1be/0x4d0 kernel/sched/idle.c:332
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430
 start_secondary+0x101/0x110 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (52):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/28 17:38 upstream d26143bb38e2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/28 16:02 upstream d26143bb38e2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/26 01:16 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/22 23:20 upstream 9448598b22c5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/20 15:15 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/17 03:44 upstream 40fbbd64bba6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/16 02:32 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/16 02:14 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/16 01:56 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/06 18:46 upstream 416f99c3b16f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/10/30 06:01 upstream e53642b87a4f fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/10/22 21:52 upstream 250a17e8f955 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/10/18 02:52 upstream f406055cb18c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/09/27 02:49 upstream 083fc6d7fa0d 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/09/12 10:38 upstream 02ffd6f89c50 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/09/02 01:34 upstream b320789d6883 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/18 13:06 upstream c17b750b3ad9 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/14 07:50 upstream 0cc53520e68b 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/12 11:51 upstream 53e760d89498 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/08 22:48 upstream 37816488247d 987b750d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/07/30 07:15 upstream 86aa72182095 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/07/11 20:45 upstream 40f92e79b0aa 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/07/11 19:04 upstream 40f92e79b0aa 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/07/02 07:45 upstream 66701750d556 ffe4b334 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/06/27 23:52 upstream 35e261cd95dd 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/06/25 21:17 upstream 92ca6c498a5e 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/06/16 21:40 upstream e04c78d86a96 d1716036 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/06/16 15:34 upstream e04c78d86a96 d1716036 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/06/16 14:29 upstream e04c78d86a96 d1716036 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/05/13 06:48 upstream e9565e23cd89 f6671af7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/28 23:20 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/28 06:42 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/24 09:55 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/23 16:04 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/23 08:37 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/12/13 09:28 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/11/30 13:42 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/11/23 15:08 linux-next d724c6f85e80 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/11/23 14:13 linux-next d724c6f85e80 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/11/22 07:42 linux-next d724c6f85e80 c31c1b0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/10/04 11:09 linux-next 47a8d4b89844 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/09/28 16:18 linux-next 262858079afd 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/09/26 17:09 linux-next 262858079afd 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/24 12:22 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/11 21:14 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/11 11:42 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/08/11 01:37 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/07/04 01:46 linux-next 8d6c58332c7a 76ad128c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/06/08 13:55 linux-next 475c850a7fdd 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/05/26 10:44 linux-next 3be1a7a31fbd 2d4582d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/05/23 09:53 linux-next 176e917e010c fa44301a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
2025/07/12 21:01 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ec4801305969 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in shmem_file_write_iter
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.