rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P17676/1:b..l P7749/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=135777, q=519 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:13 state:R running task stack:22328 pid:7749 tgid:7749 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 22 be ee 0e 0f 82 74 02 00 00 8b 35 ba ee ee 0e 85 f6 0f 85 8d 00 00 00 <48> 8b 44 24 30 65 48 2b 05 39 b4 18 12 0f 85 ad 02 00 00 48 83 c4 RSP: 0000:ffffc9000455fa60 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffffffff8e3c96a0 RCX: 00000000cb946f7c RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8daa89dc RDI: ffffffff8bf2b400 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 00000000406b5e3a R09: 00000000a406b5e3 R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff88807c6e2ff0 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:syz-executor state:R running task stack:23944 pid:17676 tgid:17676 ppid:17667 task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000 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:native_irq_disable arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:37 [inline] RIP: 0010:arch_local_irq_disable arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:114 [inline] RIP: 0010:arch_local_irq_save arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:128 [inline] RIP: 0010:lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5864 [inline] RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x133/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825 Code: 00 65 8b 05 d7 fa 18 12 85 c0 0f 85 a2 00 00 00 65 48 8b 05 97 b3 18 12 8b 90 2c 0b 00 00 85 d2 0f 85 8c 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 48 c7 c7 87 f1 bb 8d e8 d0 52 de 09 45 89 e0 89 e9 44 89 ea 65 RSP: 0018:ffffc90005baf2c0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: ffff88802ca124c0 RBX: ffffffff8e3c96a0 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff816cb681 RDI: fffffbfff1c792d4 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000014128 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] class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline] unwind_next_frame+0xd1/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495 arch_stack_walk+0x94/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 save_stack+0x160/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:165 __reset_page_owner+0x84/0x1a0 mm/page_owner.c:320 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline] free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1406 [inline] free_unref_folios+0xa22/0x1610 mm/page_alloc.c:3000 folios_put_refs+0x4be/0x750 mm/swap.c:1002 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:101 [inline] shmem_undo_range+0x58f/0x1140 mm/shmem.c:1137 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1249 [inline] shmem_evict_inode+0x39e/0xbe0 mm/shmem.c:1379 evict+0x3c2/0xad0 fs/inode.c:837 iput_final fs/inode.c:1954 [inline] iput.part.0+0x621/0x1190 fs/inode.c:2006 iput+0x35/0x40 fs/inode.c:1969 do_unlinkat+0x3d2/0x660 fs/namei.c:5452 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5483 [inline] __se_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5481 [inline] __x64_sys_unlink+0xc5/0x110 fs/namei.c:5481 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f9dd518ecf7 RSP: 002b:00007ffd7d67a288 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f9dd518ecf7 RDX: 00007ffd7d67a2b0 RSI: 00007ffd7d67a340 RDI: 00007ffd7d67a340 RBP: 00007ffd7d67a340 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffd7d67b3d0 R13: 00007f9dd5213d7d R14: 00000000001c4023 R15: 00007ffd7d67b410 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10551 jiffies! g135777 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:28048 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: a6 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 19 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: 000000000994e655 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8b7846d9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacea71 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b400 RBP: fffffbfff1c12f68 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed101708673d R10: ffff8880b84339eb R11: ffffffff8e098670 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffffff8e097b40 R14: ffffffff9088b9d0 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881248f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b2d811ff8 CR3: 000000005f771000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: ffffffffffffffff DR1: 00000000000001f8 DR2: 0000000000000083 DR3: 0000000000000030 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 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