rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P90/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 1, t=10503 jiffies, g=31865, q=519 ncpus=2) task:kworker/1:2 state:R running task stack:21320 pid:90 tgid:90 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:ffffc9000266fa60 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffffffff8e3c9620 RCX: 000000009fe2c545 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8daa7d80 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 000000005ac133d0 R09: 0000000005ac133d R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff88801d7254b0 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 5788 jiffies! g31865 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:28328 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: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 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:__local_bh_enable_ip+0xac/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:457 Code: 1d 19 c1 34 12 65 8b 05 12 c1 34 12 a9 00 ff ff 00 74 4d bf 01 00 00 00 e8 51 5b 0c 00 e8 cc 19 49 00 fb 65 8b 05 f4 c0 34 12 <85> c0 74 52 5b 5d e9 59 44 fd 09 65 8b 05 7e 04 35 12 85 c0 75 9e RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a084e0 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000080000101 RBX: 00000000fffffe01 RCX: ffffffff81c7080f RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacde18 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: ffffffff8a3808a5 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffffffff9088b3d7 R11: ffff8880b3484838 R12: 1ffff920001410c0 R13: 0000000000000001 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff888074bb28e8 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881249f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000200000026000 CR3: 0000000054c9e000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline] ip6t_do_table+0xc02/0x1c30 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:375 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xbe/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:623 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:273 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:316 [inline] br_nf_pre_routing_ipv6+0x514/0x8c0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:184 br_nf_pre_routing+0x860/0x15b0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:508 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline] nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:291 [inline] br_handle_frame+0xb28/0x14e0 net/bridge/br_input.c:442 __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x6b3/0x35b0 net/core/dev.c:6024 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xb0/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:6135 __netif_receive_skb+0x1d/0x160 net/core/dev.c:6250 process_backlog+0x4a2/0x1650 net/core/dev.c:6602 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xb3/0x540 net/core/dev.c:7666 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7729 [inline] net_rx_action+0x9f9/0xfa0 net/core/dev.c:7881 handle_softirqs+0x219/0x950 kernel/softirq.c:622 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0x109/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:723 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:739 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697 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:ffffc90000197de8 EFLAGS: 000002c6 RAX: 00000000021659dd RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff8b7816d9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacde18 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380 RBP: ffffed1003b58498 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170a673d R10: ffff8880b85339eb R11: ffff88801dac2ff0 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: ffff88801dac24c0 R14: ffffffff9088b3d0 R15: 0000000000000000 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 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148