INFO: task can't die in netdev_run_todo

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/16 04:59
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+22a310041c3467f85d12@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2171d, last: 1773d
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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INFO: task can't die in netdev_run_todo 0 (1) 2020/08/20 05:36
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (3) 1 15 1357d 1673d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/03/07 08:19
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo 1 1 324d 324d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/14 15:00
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (3) 1 1 212d 212d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/05 15:48
upstream INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (4) prio:high net 1 938 8h25m 655d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/10/09 19:06
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (2) 1 118 4d01h 186d 0/1 premoderation: reported on 2026/01/22 03:02
upstream INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (3) net 1 24 769d 806d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/07 04:24
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo 1 1 1003d 1003d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/04 09:09
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (2) 1 1 193d 193d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/24 20:32
upstream INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (2) staging wireguard usb 1 C error 241 895d 2051d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/05 22:51
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo 1 1 1351d 1351d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/03/13 17:45
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo 1 184 255d 399d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/03 01:56
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in netdev_run_todo (2) 1 54 616d 797d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/26 20:30
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/04/16 04:40 18m retest repro linux-next OK log
2022/10/14 12:30 18m retest repro linux-next error

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor.1:8005 can't die for more than 143 seconds.
syz-executor.1  D25048  8005      1 0x00004004
Call Trace:
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:3778 [inline]
 __schedule+0x8e5/0x21e0 kernel/sched/core.c:4527
 schedule+0xd0/0x2a0 kernel/sched/core.c:4602
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:4661
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:1033 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x3e2/0x10e0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:1103
 netdev_run_todo+0x705/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:10104
 sit_exit_batch_net+0x4ad/0x6c0 net/ipv6/sit.c:1945

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2020/08/16 05:28 linux-next 4993e4fe12af 424dd8e7 .config console log report syz ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root
2021/09/17 06:25 linux-next 368847b165bb 5b989942 .config console log report info ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task can't die in netdev_run_todo
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.