rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P15911/1:b..l P5944/1:b..l P115/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=64101, q=486 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:2 state:R running task stack:16472 pid:115 tgid:115 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: b4 18 12 83 f8 07 0f 87 a2 02 00 00 89 c0 48 0f a3 05 72 b8 ee 0e 0f 82 74 02 00 00 8b 35 0a e9 ee 0e 85 f6 0f 85 8d 00 00 00 <48> 8b 44 24 30 65 48 2b 05 89 b4 18 12 0f 85 ad 02 00 00 48 83 c4 RSP: 0018:ffffc90002db7a60 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffffffff8e3c9620 RCX: 00000000049f8926 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8daa7d80 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 000000006d63202b R09: 00000000b6d63202 R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff88801cbe2ff0 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 task:kworker/u8:16 state:R running task stack:24088 pid:5944 tgid:5944 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4288160 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net 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:rcu_is_watching+0x5/0xc0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:747 Code: 6f 3e 03 e9 51 ff ff ff 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 55 <53> 65 ff 05 a3 9e 0f 12 e8 ae 0d d5 09 48 c7 c3 e8 e9 b3 93 89 c5 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000470f1e0 EFLAGS: 00000297 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff8e3c9620 RCX: ffffc90004710001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff816cb9a4 RDI: ffffffff8e3c9620 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00000000eca55bbd R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000006cdb R12: ffffffff816cb9a4 R13: ffffc9000470f2f8 R14: ffffc9000470f2f8 R15: ffffc9000470f32c trace_lock_release include/trace/events/lock.h:69 [inline] lock_release+0x201/0x2d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5879 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 [inline] rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:897 [inline] class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline] unwind_next_frame+0x3f9/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495 __unwind_start+0x45f/0x7f0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:773 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline] arch_stack_walk+0x73/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xa7/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:556 __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0xa5/0xa10 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3119 kernfs_put.part.0+0x162/0x600 fs/kernfs/dir.c:591 kernfs_put fs/kernfs/dir.c:1727 [inline] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xdf/0x100 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1721 kernfs_remove_by_name include/linux/kernfs.h:633 [inline] remove_files+0x96/0x1c0 fs/sysfs/group.c:28 sysfs_remove_group+0x8b/0x1b0 fs/sysfs/group.c:328 sysfs_remove_groups fs/sysfs/group.c:352 [inline] sysfs_remove_groups+0x60/0xa0 fs/sysfs/group.c:344 device_remove_groups drivers/base/core.c:2843 [inline] device_remove_attrs+0x203/0x290 drivers/base/core.c:2979 device_del+0x38e/0x9f0 drivers/base/core.c:3877 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x151e/0x2590 net/core/dev.c:12416 ops_exit_rtnl_list net/core/net_namespace.c:187 [inline] ops_undo_list+0x8fc/0xab0 net/core/net_namespace.c:248 cleanup_net+0x41b/0x830 net/core/net_namespace.c:696 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 task:syz.5.2624 state:R running task stack:27544 pid:15911 tgid:15907 ppid:10115 task_flags:0x40044c flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline] __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863 preempt_schedule_common+0x44/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:7047 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:12 __raw_spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:143 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock+0x3e/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:186 spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock.h:391 [inline] zap_pte_range mm/memory.c:1884 [inline] zap_pmd_range mm/memory.c:1946 [inline] zap_pud_range mm/memory.c:1975 [inline] zap_p4d_range mm/memory.c:1996 [inline] unmap_page_range+0x1047/0x43c0 mm/memory.c:2017 unmap_single_vma+0x153/0x240 mm/memory.c:2059 unmap_vmas+0x218/0x470 mm/memory.c:2101 exit_mmap+0x1b0/0xb60 mm/mmap.c:1277 __mmput+0x12a/0x410 kernel/fork.c:1173 mmput+0x62/0x70 kernel/fork.c:1196 exit_mm kernel/exit.c:581 [inline] do_exit+0x7d7/0x2bd0 kernel/exit.c:959 do_group_exit+0xd3/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1112 get_signal+0x2671/0x26d0 kernel/signal.c:3034 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x8f/0x7e0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:41 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x8c/0x540 kernel/entry/common.c:75 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:159 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:194 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4ee/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f1f141c2005 RSP: 002b:00007f1f150dbf50 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e6 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000007 RCX: 00007f1f141c2005 RDX: 00007f1f150dbf90 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 00007f1f150dbfe8 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f1f143e5fa0 R15: 00007ffc3c114a18 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10593 jiffies! g64101 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:28208 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: 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 49 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: 000000000400750b RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8b7816d9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacde18 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: fffffbfff1c12f68 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed101708673d R10: ffff8880b84339eb R11: ffffffff8e098670 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffffff8e097b40 R14: ffffffff9088b3d0 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881248f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000000787b8000 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