rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P980/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=18229, q=748 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:3 state:R running task stack:22552 pid:980 tgid:980 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5257 [inline] __schedule+0x14bc/0x5030 kernel/sched/core.c:6864 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7191 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_release+0x2ac/0x3d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5893 Code: 51 48 c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 75 56 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 05 b4 b6 d7 10 <48> 3b 44 24 28 0f 85 8b 00 00 00 48 83 c4 30 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e RSP: 0018:ffffc90003b578b8 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: fa07318662655c00 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX: fa07318662655c00 RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8d9760ce RDI: ffffffff8bbf81e0 RBP: ffff8880255eaa00 R08: ffffffff8f7deb77 R09: 1ffffffff1efbd6e R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1efbd6f R12: 0000000000000002 R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffffffff8df3d980 R15: ffff8880255e9e80 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 [inline] rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:897 [inline] gc_worker+0xba6/0x1380 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1617 process_one_work+0x93a/0x15e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3261 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3344 [inline] worker_thread+0x9b0/0xee0 kernel/workqueue.c:3425 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: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10422 jiffies! g18229 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:27104 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5257 [inline] __schedule+0x14bc/0x5030 kernel/sched/core.c:6864 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6946 [inline] schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6961 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 1 to CPUs 0: NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 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: cc cc cc cc 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 33 70 0c 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 c8 f2 02 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffffff8dc07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c6 RAX: 66672524d0972900 RBX: ffffffff8197acb7 RCX: 66672524d0972900 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d78f71d RDI: ffffffff8bbf81e0 RBP: ffffffff8dc07ea8 R08: ffff8880b86336db R09: 1ffff110170c66db R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c66dc R12: ffffffff8f7deb70 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1b92a60 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125eba000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f3a90050efc CR3: 0000000075c86000 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:190 [inline] do_idle+0x1e7/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:330 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:428 rest_init+0x2de/0x300 init/main.c:757 start_kernel+0x3a7/0x410 init/main.c:1206 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310 x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147