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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: 99d, last: 1d17h
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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:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P8289/1:b..l P8091/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10503 jiffies, g=34417, q=44209 ncpus=2)
task:syz.1.593       state:R  running task     stack:21184 pid:8091  tgid:8091  ppid:5640   task_flags:0x40064c flags:0x00080001
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5387 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17b4/0x5680 kernel/sched/core.c:7188
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7512
 irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:547 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x14f/0x730 kernel/entry/common.c:164
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:deref_stack_reg+0x1cf/0x230 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:424
Code: 24 18 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 38 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 23 dd b9 00 4c 89 33 b0 01 eb 02 31 c0 48 83 c4 20 5b 41 5c 41 5d <41> 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc 44 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000665ed98 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 1ffff92000ccbd01 RBX: ffffffff90c98962 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: ffffc9000665eec8 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffffc9000665efb0
RBP: 1ffff92000ccbdd1 R08: ffffc9000665efb0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc9000665eed8 R11: fffff52000ccbddd R12: ffffc9000665efb0
R13: 1ffff92000ccbdd3 R14: ffffc9000665f0e8 R15: dffffc0000000000
 unwind_next_frame+0x19d5/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:-1
 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:1402 [inline]
 free_unref_folios+0xcec/0x1480 mm/page_alloc.c:3004
 folios_put_refs+0x9ff/0xb40 mm/swap.c:1008
 folio_batch_release include/linux/folio_batch.h:101 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x52c/0x1660 mm/shmem.c:1149
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1277 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x289/0xae0 mm/shmem.c:1407
 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:841
 __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
 __fput+0x691/0xa60 fs/file_table.c:518
 task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]
 do_exit+0x70f/0x22c0 kernel/exit.c:975
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1117
 get_signal+0x1284/0x1330 kernel/signal.c:3037
 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:207 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:252 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:323 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x284/0x730 kernel/entry/common.c:162
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
RIP: 0033:0x7f39bdc52877
RSP: 002b:00007f39beb8a120 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 00007f39bdd9cdd9
RDX: 00007f39beb8a140 RSI: 00007f39beb8a270 RDI: 000000000000000b
RBP: 00007f39bde32d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f39be016038 R14: 00007f39be015fa0 R15: 00007f39be13fa48
 </TASK>
task:syz.0.633       state:R  running task     stack:25408 pid:8289  tgid:8287  ppid:5641   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5387 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17b4/0x5680 kernel/sched/core.c:7188
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7512
 irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:547 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x14f/0x730 kernel/entry/common.c:164
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__kasan_check_byte+0x6/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:572
Code: 89 df 4c 89 f6 5b 41 5c 41 5e 41 5f e9 33 fa ff ff 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 40 d6 41 56 <53> 48 89 f3 49 89 fe e8 3e 15 00 00 84 c0 75 16 be 01 00 00 00 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000e1d6a28 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8176e273 RDI: ffffffff8e95cd60
RBP: ffffffff8176e256 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc9000e1d6bf8 R11: ffffffff81b0d870 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffffffff8e95cd60 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 kasan_check_byte include/linux/kasan.h:402 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x84/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1181 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0xc3/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495
 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
 __set_page_owner+0x8d/0x4c0 mm/page_owner.c:341
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x231/0x280 mm/page_alloc.c:1858
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1866 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24ba/0x2540 mm/page_alloc.c:3946
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5226
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x235/0x490 mm/mempolicy.c:2490
 folio_alloc_mpol_noprof+0x39/0x160 mm/mempolicy.c:2509
 vma_alloc_folio_noprof+0xe1/0x1e0 mm/mempolicy.c:2544
 folio_prealloc mm/memory.c:-1 [inline]
 wp_page_copy mm/memory.c:3859 [inline]
 do_wp_page+0x118a/0x4cc0 mm/memory.c:4320
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6427 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:6549 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x151d/0x3170 mm/memory.c:6718
 do_user_addr_fault+0x75b/0x1340 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1385
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1474 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x6a/0xc0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1527
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
RIP: 0010:__put_user_nocheck_4+0x3/0x10 arch/x86/lib/putuser.S:104
Code: d9 0f 01 cb 89 01 31 c9 0f 01 ca c3 cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 01 cb <89> 01 31 c9 0f 01 ca e9 11 81 03 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000e1d78b8 EFLAGS: 00050202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00002000003ca030
RDX: ffff88803283bd80 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffffc9000e1d7a30 R08: ffffc9000e1d7687 R09: 1ffff92001c3aed0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52001c3aed1 R12: 1ffff92001c3af24
R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00002000003ca000 R15: dffffc0000000000
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x2be/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2931
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x215/0x590 net/socket.c:2960
 do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:3055
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3129 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3152 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3145 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3145
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f69a839cdd9
RSP: 002b:00007f69a92c1028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012b
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f69a8616090 RCX: 00007f69a839cdd9
RDX: 0000000000010106 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f69a8432d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f69a8616128 R14: 00007f69a8616090 R15: 00007f69a873fa48
 </TASK>

Crashes (101):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/02 18:59 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 18:35 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 12:30 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 03:53 upstream ef5f46b63023 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/30 03:33 upstream 57b8e2d666a3 005438fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/28 14:24 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/28 11:41 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/26 16:24 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/23 22:41 upstream 2e6803928193 629ff21a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/23 10:44 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/23 02:07 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/22 22:24 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 0e869ba2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/22 09:54 upstream 6596a02b2078 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/21 18:56 upstream b4e07588e743 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/21 03:12 upstream b4e07588e743 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 10:19 upstream c1f49dea2b8f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 08:38 upstream bea8d77e45a8 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 07:15 upstream c1f49dea2b8f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/19 10:46 upstream eb5249b12507 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/19 08:28 upstream eb5249b12507 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/18 15:26 upstream 8541d8f725c6 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/16 17:45 upstream 1d51b370a0f8 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/14 08:01 upstream 26ff969926a0 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/14 06:59 upstream 26ff969926a0 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/14 03:51 upstream 0f0013213293 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/12 18:41 upstream f5459048c38a 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/11 16:58 upstream e774d5f1bc27 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/11 09:23 upstream 7c6c4ed80b87 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/09 09:39 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/07 18:44 upstream bfe62a454542 628666c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/05 16:26 upstream 3aae9383f42f 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/05 04:45 upstream 3aae9383f42f 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/04 09:38 upstream 631919fb12fe 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/25 07:20 upstream 24f9515de877 b4723e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/25 00:19 upstream 24f9515de877 b4723e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/24 21:17 upstream e3c33bc767b5 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/23 23:45 upstream c369299895a5 baf8bf12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/23 04:08 upstream 8d8bd2a5aa98 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/22 23:40 upstream 8d8bd2a5aa98 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/22 14:17 upstream 113ae7b4decc 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/22 01:26 upstream 113ae7b4decc 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/21 15:47 upstream a0c83177734a 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/19 23:37 upstream a1d9d8e83378 2f245add .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/19 03:47 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/18 22:02 upstream a989fde763f4 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root 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
2026/03/01 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
2026/02/17 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
2026/04/18 01:57 upstream 43cfbdda5af6 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/30 20:11 net dc9e9d61e301 458630d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/27 19:26 net-next e4cf6087cab3 74a13a23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/25 23:43 linux-next 7080e32d3f09 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/14 14:40 linux-next b84a0ebe421c ee8d34d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.