rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5952/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=14489, q=275 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:6 state:R running task stack:25176 pid:5952 tgid:5952 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: 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:seqcount_lockdep_reader_access+0xed/0x100 include/linux/seqlock.h:75 Code: 00 75 11 e8 45 b6 3e f8 4d 85 f6 75 16 e8 3b b6 3e f8 eb 15 e8 34 b6 3e f8 e8 af 51 d7 01 4d 85 f6 74 ea e8 25 b6 3e f8 fb 5b <41> 5e e9 a7 01 8e f7 cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003f7f910 EFLAGS: 00000293 RAX: ffffffff89823f5b RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffff88802f580000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90003f7fa70 R08: ffffffff8f822277 R09: 1ffffffff1f0444e R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f0444f R12: ffff8880b863a080 R13: ffff888076f54318 R14: 0000000000000200 R15: 0000000000040000 nf_conntrack_get_ht include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h:342 [inline] gc_worker+0x308/0x1380 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1548 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 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 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10523 jiffies! g14489 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:27480 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: 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 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1: NMI backtrace for cpu 1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 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 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: 00000000000bac05 RBX: ffffffff819713be RCX: 0000000080000001 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d791fea RDI: ffffffff8bc083e0 RBP: ffffc90000197f10 R08: ffff8880b87336db R09: 1ffff110170e66db R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e66dc R12: ffffffff8f822270 R13: 1ffff110038d6b70 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125f1f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000200000000380 CR3: 0000000055fb1000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: 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