rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P10729/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=80585, q=667 ncpus=2) task:kworker/1:13 state:R running task stack:26232 pid:10729 tgid:10729 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline] __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863 preempt_schedule_irq+0x51/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7190 irqentry_exit+0x1d8/0x8c0 kernel/entry/common.c:216 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697 RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x62/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872 Code: a6 18 12 83 f8 07 0f 87 a2 02 00 00 89 c0 48 0f a3 05 82 b6 ee 0e 0f 82 74 02 00 00 8b 35 1a e7 ee 0e 85 f6 0f 85 8d 00 00 00 <48> 8b 44 24 30 65 48 2b 05 99 a6 18 12 0f 85 ad 02 00 00 48 83 c4 RSP: 0018:ffffc9001b15fa60 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffffffff8e3c9620 RCX: 000000006fab6f95 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8daa7ad1 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000003469481 R09: 0000000010346948 R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff8880557c0b30 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline] rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline] gc_worker+0x241/0x16e0 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1546 process_one_work+0x9ba/0x1b20 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 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 10525 jiffies! g80585 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0 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:28064 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline] __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline] schedule+0xe7/0x3a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6960 schedule_timeout+0x123/0x290 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1ea/0xaf0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083 rcu_gp_kthread+0x26d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 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 1 to CPUs 0: NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 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+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82 Code: c6 5f 02 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 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 13 59 12 00 fb f4 cc 35 03 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffffff8e007df8 EFLAGS: 000002c6 RAX: 00000000029af397 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8b7806d9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacdb69 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: fffffbfff1c12f68 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed101708673d R10: ffff8880b84339eb R11: ffffffff8e098670 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffffff8e097b40 R14: ffffffff9088afd0 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881248f6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000110c30e075 CR3: 000000004e883000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 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+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline] do_idle+0x38d/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:332 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430 rest_init+0x16b/0x2b0 init/main.c:757 start_kernel+0x3ef/0x4d0 init/main.c:1206 x86_64_start_reservations+0x18/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310 x86_64_start_kernel+0x130/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148