INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group

Status: fixed on 2019/10/09 10:54
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+18379f2a19bc62c12565@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: d4d6ec6dac07 sch_hhf: ensure quantum and hhf_non_hh_weight are non-zero
First crash: 2527d, last: 2527d
Cause bisection: the issue happens on the oldest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: INFO: rcu detected stall in arch_cpu_idle (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group 12 (13) 2019/09/24 14:02
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (7) net 1 syz, C unreliable inconclusive 90 768d 1765d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/10/15 18:41
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (6) mm 1 syz, C 4 2145d 2151d 19/29 fixed on 2021/03/10 01:48
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (2) 1 3 849d 884d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/27 04:53
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (3) origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 34 29d 935d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/01/23 11:05
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (2) 1 1 1082d 1082d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/07 20:57
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group 1 1 1193d 1193d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:06
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group 1 1 1144d 1144d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/06 21:30
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (2) mm cgroups 1 56 2446d 2448d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 16 43d 390d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/21 16:02
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (3) mm 1 8 2411d 2412d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (4) mm 1 13 2411d 2411d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (5) mm 1 1 2332d 2332d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/25 07:58
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (3) 1 2 639d 672d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/22 19:05
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (4) origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 9 6d14h 331d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/19 02:54

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	1-...!: (10499 ticks this GP) idle=63a/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=10978/10978 fqs=0 
	(t=10501 jiffies g=10601 q=227)
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10502 jiffies! g10601 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 ->cpu=0
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
rcu_preempt     I29040    10      2 0x80004000
Call Trace:
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:3254 [inline]
 __schedule+0x755/0x1580 kernel/sched/core.c:3880
 schedule+0xd9/0x260 kernel/sched/core.c:3947
 schedule_timeout+0x486/0xc50 kernel/time/timer.c:1807
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop kernel/rcu/tree.c:1611 [inline]
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9b2/0x18c0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1768
 kthread+0x361/0x430 kernel/kthread.c:255
 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:352
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
INFO: NMI handler (nmi_cpu_backtrace_handler) took too long to run: 1.403 msecs
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 10344 Comm: syz-executor933 Not tainted 5.3.0-rc8+ #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:hhf_dequeue+0x552/0xa20 net/sched/sch_hhf.c:436
Code: ff ff 45 31 ff e9 b0 02 00 00 e8 49 05 ac fb 48 8d 43 f0 41 be 01 00 00 00 49 8d 95 c0 02 00 00 48 39 c2 74 34 e8 2e 05 ac fb <49> 8d bd ac 03 00 00 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 14 20 48 89 f8
RSP: 0018:ffff8880ae809038 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: ffff8880a3970100 RBX: ffff8880a8b1d538 RCX: ffffffff85c66b39
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: ffffffff85c66fd2 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffff8880ae809088 R08: ffff8880a3970100 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: fffffbfff134afaf R11: ffff8880a3970100 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff8880a8b1d240 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880ae800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000006dab10 CR3: 0000000008c6d000 CR4: 00000000001406f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dequeue_skb net/sched/sch_generic.c:258 [inline]
 qdisc_restart net/sched/sch_generic.c:361 [inline]
 __qdisc_run+0x1e7/0x19d0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:379
 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3533 [inline]
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x16f1/0x3650 net/core/dev.c:3838
 dev_queue_xmit+0x18/0x20 net/core/dev.c:3902
 br_dev_queue_push_xmit+0x3f3/0x5c0 net/bridge/br_forward.c:52
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:305 [inline]
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:299 [inline]
 br_forward_finish+0xfa/0x400 net/bridge/br_forward.c:65
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:305 [inline]
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:299 [inline]
 __br_forward+0x641/0xb00 net/bridge/br_forward.c:109
 deliver_clone+0x61/0xc0 net/bridge/br_forward.c:125
 maybe_deliver+0x2c7/0x390 net/bridge/br_forward.c:181
 br_flood+0x13a/0x3d0 net/bridge/br_forward.c:223
 br_dev_xmit+0x98c/0x15a0 net/bridge/br_device.c:100
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4406 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4420 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3280 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1a3/0x9c0 net/core/dev.c:3296
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x2b15/0x3650 net/core/dev.c:3869
 dev_queue_xmit+0x18/0x20 net/core/dev.c:3902
 neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:500 [inline]
 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:509 [inline]
 ip_finish_output2+0x1726/0x2570 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
 __ip_finish_output net/ipv4/ip_output.c:308 [inline]
 __ip_finish_output+0x5fc/0xb90 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:290
 ip_finish_output+0x38/0x1f0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:318
 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:294 [inline]
 ip_output+0x21f/0x640 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:432
 dst_output include/net/dst.h:436 [inline]
 ip_local_out+0xbb/0x190 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:125
 igmpv3_sendpack+0x1b5/0x2c0 net/ipv4/igmp.c:426
 igmpv3_send_cr net/ipv4/igmp.c:721 [inline]
 igmp_ifc_timer_expire+0x687/0xa00 net/ipv4/igmp.c:809
 call_timer_fn+0x1ac/0x780 kernel/time/timer.c:1322
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1366 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1685 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1653 [inline]
 run_timer_softirq+0x697/0x17a0 kernel/time/timer.c:1698
 __do_softirq+0x262/0x98c kernel/softirq.c:292
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:373 [inline]
 irq_exit+0x19b/0x1e0 kernel/softirq.c:413
 exiting_irq arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h:537 [inline]
 smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a3/0x610 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1137
 apic_timer_interrupt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:830
 </IRQ>
RIP: 0010:__raw_write_unlock_irq include/linux/rwlock_api_smp.h:268 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_write_unlock_irq+0x54/0x90 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:343
Code: c0 60 f4 d2 88 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 10 00 75 33 48 83 3d 05 bf 94 01 00 74 20 fb 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 <bf> 01 00 00 00 e8 62 8c 10 fa 65 8b 05 93 c8 c3 78 85 c0 74 06 41
RSP: 0018:ffff8880a406fd70 EFLAGS: 00000282 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff13
RAX: 1ffffffff11a5e8c RBX: ffff88809fbda740 RCX: 1ffffffff134b5ee
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8177f15e RDI: ffffffff873e3538
RBP: ffff8880a406fd78 R08: ffff8880a3970100 R09: fffffbfff134afb0
R10: fffffbfff134afaf R11: ffffffff89a57d7f R12: ffffffff88c090c0
R13: 0000000000000011 R14: ffff8880a3970100 R15: 0000000000000000
 exit_notify kernel/exit.c:745 [inline]
 do_exit+0x13ab/0x2e50 kernel/exit.c:900
 do_group_exit+0x135/0x360 kernel/exit.c:983
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:994 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:992 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x44/0x50 kernel/exit.c:992
 do_syscall_64+0xfd/0x6a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:296
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
RIP: 0033:0x440f88
Code: Bad RIP value.
RSP: 002b:00007ffe302d02b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000440f88
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000003c RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00000000004c6eb0 R08: 00000000000000e7 R09: ffffffffffffffd0
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00000000006d95e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 10345 Comm: syz-executor933 Not tainted 5.3.0-rc8+ #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
 dump_stack+0x172/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:113
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x70/0xb2 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:101
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x23b/0x28b lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x14/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c:38
 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline]
 rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x183/0x1cf kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:254
 print_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:455 [inline]
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:529 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:2736 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq.cold+0x4dd/0xc13 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2183
 update_process_times+0x32/0x80 kernel/time/timer.c:1639
 tick_sched_handle+0xa2/0x190 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:167
 tick_sched_timer+0x53/0x140 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1296
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1389 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x364/0xe40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1451
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x314/0x770 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1509
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1110 [inline]
 smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x160/0x610 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1135
 apic_timer_interrupt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:830
 </IRQ>
RIP: 0010:cpu_relax arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:656 [inline]
RIP: 0010:virt_spin_lock arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:84 [inline]
RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x132/0x9f0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:325
Code: 00 00 00 48 8b 45 d0 65 48 33 04 25 28 00 00 00 0f 85 37 07 00 00 48 81 c4 98 00 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 f3 90 <e9> 73 ff ff ff 8b 45 98 4c 8d 65 d8 3d 00 01 00 00 0f 84 e5 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffff8880946ef2f8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff13
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880a8b1d328 RCX: ffffffff81595c17
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff8880a8b1d328
RBP: ffff8880946ef3b8 R08: 1ffff11015163a65 R09: ffffed1015163a66
R10: ffffed1015163a65 R11: ffff8880a8b1d32b R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 0000000000000003 R14: ffffed1015163a65 R15: 0000000000000001
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:654 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:50 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:81 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x20e/0x2e0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:113
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:136 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x3b/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:175
 spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:343 [inline]
 sch_tree_lock include/net/sch_generic.h:570 [inline]
 hhf_change+0x2e3/0xad0 net/sched/sch_hhf.c:537
 qdisc_change net/sched/sch_api.c:1321 [inline]
 tc_modify_qdisc+0xfcf/0x1c50 net/sched/sch_api.c:1623
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x463/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5223
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x177/0x450 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2477
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x1d/0x30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5241
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1302 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x531/0x710 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1328
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8a5/0xd60 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1917
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:637 [inline]
 sock_sendmsg+0xd7/0x130 net/socket.c:657
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x803/0x920 net/socket.c:2311
 __sys_sendmsg+0x105/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2356
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2365 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2363 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x78/0xb0 net/socket.c:2363
 do_syscall_64+0xfd/0x6a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:296
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
RIP: 0033:0x442399
Code: e8 9c 07 03 00 48 83 c4 18 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 0f 83 3b 0a fc ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00
RSP: 002b:00007ffe302d02f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000000442399
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000240 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 000000000003c361 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00000000004032f0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2019/09/14 09:26 upstream a7f89616b737 32d59357 .config console log report syz C ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.