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INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/03 08:41
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+f8ccdac0a7eede0e1ae5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 48d, last: 45m
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4e3640ce-686d-4211-81e1-63dc88de4424 repro INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill 2026/03/07 12:10 2026/03/07 12:10 2026/03/07 12:19 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill 0 (1) 2026/03/03 08:41

Sample crash report:
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P9349/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=38337, q=2905 ncpus=2)
task:syz.8.765       state:R  running task     stack:22376 pid:9349  tgid:9349  ppid:7781   task_flags:0x40064c flags:0x00080003
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6908
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7235
 irqentry_exit+0x599/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:239
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0xeb2/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:-1
Code: 4c 8b 64 24 48 74 08 48 89 df e8 89 50 b9 00 48 8b 44 24 18 48 89 03 ba 10 00 00 00 4c 89 e7 31 f6 e8 52 52 b9 00 48 8b 14 24 <e9> ca 04 00 00 4c 89 64 24 18 4d 8d 6e 08 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc900067cecd8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffc900067cedf8 RBX: ffffc900067cede0 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffffff90a70da0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc900067cee08
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffc900067cee07 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc900067cedf8 R11: fffff52000cf9dc1 R12: ffffc900067cedf8
R13: 1ffff92000cf9db7 R14: ffffc900067ceda8 R15: ffffc900067cedf0
 arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x122/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:165
 __reset_page_owner+0x71/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:320
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1433 [inline]
 free_unref_folios+0xed5/0x16d0 mm/page_alloc.c:3040
 folios_put_refs+0x789/0x8d0 mm/swap.c:1002
 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:101 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x52c/0x1660 mm/shmem.c:1149
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1277 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x240/0x9e0 mm/shmem.c:1407
 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:846
 __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x5e0 fs/dcache.c:670
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:879
 __fput+0x691/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:477
 task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]
 do_exit+0x70f/0x23c0 kernel/exit.c:976
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1118
 get_signal+0x1284/0x1330 kernel/signal.c:3034
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xbc/0x830 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:64 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:98 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:270 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:339 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x176/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:219
 exc_general_protection+0x169/0x1f0 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:913
 asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:612
RIP: 0033:0x7f4b6939c7a1
RSP: 002b:00002000000001a0 EFLAGS: 00010217
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f4b69616180 RCX: 00007f4b6939c799
RDX: 00002000000001c0 RSI: 00002000000001a0 RDI: 0000000008000000
RBP: 00007f4b69432c99 R08: 00002000000002c0 R09: 00002000000002c0
R10: 0000200000000240 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4b69616218 R14: 00007f4b69616180 R15: 00007f4b6973fa48
 </TASK>
net_ratelimit: 18861 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:ca:26:56:5c:9f:85, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)

Crashes (42):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/14 01:03 upstream b36eb6e3f5d8 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/13 19:29 upstream 0257f64bdac7 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/13 19:14 upstream 0257f64bdac7 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/13 06:02 upstream 8004279c41ad 2f7f359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/11 10:35 upstream b4f0dd314b39 86914af9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/09 00:03 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/06 23:25 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/05 04:14 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/04 22:54 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/04 14:22 upstream 0031c06807cf e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/01 04:36 upstream 2f9339c052bd 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/27 08:20 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/25 22:41 upstream 7dff99b35460 df2e85d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/24 16:20 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/23 21:33 upstream 6de23f81a5e0 7c9658af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/23 17:39 upstream 6de23f81a5e0 7c9658af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/23 03:11 upstream 189f164e573e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/17 08:36 upstream 970296997869 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/16 07:18 upstream 26a4cfaff82a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/15 12:46 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/14 17:25 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/12 13:39 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/09 01:48 upstream e98f34af6116 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/08 07:54 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/07 14:57 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/06 21:11 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/06 18:38 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/06 03:38 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d f03c4191 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/05 21:26 upstream f14faaf3a1fb 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/04 01:28 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/01 12:15 upstream 162b42445b58 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/01 01:07 upstream ad9a728a3388 35764559 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/01/31 21:38 upstream ad9a728a3388 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/01/31 20:55 upstream ad9a728a3388 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/01/31 12:45 upstream 283073725700 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/01/27 17:07 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/01/25 17:48 upstream d91a46d6805a 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/01/25 10:08 upstream 5dbeeb268b63 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/14 13:15 net-next 9089c5f3c444 ee8d34d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/21 14:49 linux-next d4906ae14a5f 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/21 04:47 linux-next d4906ae14a5f 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/12 12:28 linux-next 9152bc8cebcb 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
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