rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P11361/1:b..l P11796/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=63797, q=108 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:12 state:R running task stack:24392 pid:11796 tgid:11796 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline] __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 kernel/sched/core.c:6863 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 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:lock_acquire+0x16c/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872 Code: 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 30 f7 44 24 30 00 02 00 00 0f 85 cd 00 00 00 f7 44 24 08 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 05 94 41 e0 10 <48> 3b 44 24 58 0f 85 e5 00 00 00 48 83 c4 60 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e RSP: 0018:ffffc90003e9f880 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: dfcc7982f5d0fc00 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: dfcc7982f5d0fc00 RDX: 0000000050b361dd RSI: ffffffff8d97865c RDI: ffffffff8bc07c60 RBP: ffffffff89849514 R08: ffffffff89849514 R09: ffffffff8df41a60 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f040ef R12: 0000000000000002 R13: ffffffff8df41a60 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000246 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline] rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline] gc_worker+0x285/0x1380 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1546 process_one_work+0x93a/0x15a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3279 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3362 [inline] worker_thread+0x9f5/0xee0 kernel/workqueue.c:3443 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 task:syz-executor state:R running task stack:19496 pid:11361 tgid:11361 ppid:11346 task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline] __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 kernel/sched/core.c:6863 preempt_schedule_notrace+0xd1/0x110 kernel/sched/core.c:7140 preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:13 rcu_is_watching+0x7f/0xb0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:752 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:895 [inline] class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline] is_module_text_address+0x147/0x1e0 kernel/module/main.c:3858 kernel_text_address+0x94/0xe0 kernel/extable.c:119 __kernel_text_address+0xd/0x40 kernel/extable.c:79 unwind_get_return_address+0x4d/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:369 arch_stack_walk+0xfc/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 save_stack+0xf5/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:165 __reset_page_owner+0x71/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:320 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline] free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1395 [inline] free_unref_folios+0xdb3/0x14f0 mm/page_alloc.c:3000 folios_put_refs+0x584/0x670 mm/swap.c:1002 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:101 [inline] shmem_undo_range+0x49e/0x1490 mm/shmem.c:1137 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1249 [inline] shmem_evict_inode+0x26e/0xa70 mm/shmem.c:1379 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837 do_unlinkat+0x340/0x560 fs/namei.c:5443 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5474 [inline] __se_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5472 [inline] __x64_sys_unlink+0x47/0x50 fs/namei.c:5472 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fed2d18ecf7 RSP: 002b:00007fff077c5428 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fed2d18ecf7 RDX: 00007fff077c5450 RSI: 00007fff077c54e0 RDI: 00007fff077c54e0 RBP: 00007fff077c54e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007fff077c6570 R13: 00007fed2d213d7d R14: 00000000000a99e0 R15: 00007fff077c65b0 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10567 jiffies! g63797 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:27568 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline] __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 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+0x599/0xb30 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 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+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82 Code: 13 ee 02 00 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 c0 0c 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197de0 EFLAGS: 000002c6 RAX: 099c9a76fb3e7500 RBX: ffffffff8197971a RCX: 099c9a76fb3e7500 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d791c9e RDI: ffffffff8bc07c60 RBP: ffffc90000197f10 R08: ffff8880b87336db R09: 1ffff110170e66db R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e66dc R12: ffffffff8f820770 R13: 1ffff11003a57b70 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125f34000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000002 CR3: 0000000033852000 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+0x73/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline] do_idle+0x1ea/0x520 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