rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6098/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=27473, q=383 ncpus=2) task:kworker/1:9 state:R running task stack:22536 pid:6098 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline] __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7010 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687 RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4+0x0/0x90 kernel/kcov.c:314 Code: c0 4c 89 01 48 c7 44 11 08 03 00 00 00 48 89 7c 11 10 48 89 74 11 18 48 89 44 11 20 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 15 f0 9c 7c 7e 65 8b 0d f1 9c 7c RSP: 0018:ffffc90005187a58 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000036847 RCX: ffff88807a018000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90005187bb0 R08: ffffffff911bf597 R09: 1ffffffff2237eb2 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2237eb3 R12: ffff88807a018000 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 000000000006d08f rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:815 [inline] gc_worker+0xc9c/0x1490 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1579 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10528 jiffies! g27473 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:27448 pid:17 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline] __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148 Code: c7 22 02 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 83 d1 43 00 fb f4 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2e 41 89 de 80 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000187de0 EFLAGS: 000002c2 RAX: 736e1790827fa900 RBX: ffffffff8162a490 RCX: 736e1790827fa900 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8acac900 RDI: ffffffff8b1c82e0 RBP: ffffc90000187f20 R08: ffff8880b8f36b2b R09: 1ffff110171e6d65 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6d66 R12: 1ffff110036ce780 R13: 1ffff92000030fc8 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: dffffc0000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f24e910398a CR3: 000000000cf32000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 Call Trace: arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline] default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:170 [inline] do_idle+0x1f0/0x4e0 kernel/sched/idle.c:282 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:380 start_secondary+0xee/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:323 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b