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INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/13 20:27
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+42b636738d776704a740@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1062d, last: 23h50m
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 5f6bd380c7bdbe10f7b4e8ddcceed60ce0714c6d
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: Mon May 27 12:06:55 2024 +0000

  sched/rt: Remove default bandwidth control

  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/03/16 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 0c935c049b5c C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/03/16 upstream (ToT) 31d7109a19f6 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker origin:lts-only 1 C done 270 17h50m 1039d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/07/06 06:16
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker cgroups mm 1 7 2349d 2350d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker (2) mm 1 4 2314d 2314d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker (3) batman 1 C done inconclusive 585 236d 2047d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/01 10:35
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/06 11:45 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/06 11:45 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/06 11:45 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/06 11:45 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/06 11:45 13m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/21 19:14 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/21 19:14 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/21 19:14 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/21 19:14 17m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/21 19:14 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/07/31 07:51 7h53m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4369/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=8961, q=328)
task:kworker/u4:6    state:R  running task     stack:26256 pid: 4369 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x208/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5627
Code: f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 3d 04 f8 0f 85 f1 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3d 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000332faa0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ec570ee26ad73700
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3aa0 RDI: ffffffff8a79fe00
RBP: ffffc9000332fbc0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff203aa18
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203aa19 R12: ffffffff8c31eb20
R13: 1ffff92000665f60 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:313
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:740 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:412 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xc9/0x5c0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:723
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10528 jiffies! g8961 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:27800 pid:   15 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_timeout+0x184/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2117
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x2be/0x11d0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1972
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9b/0x370 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2145
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4406 Comm: syz.3.20 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4724 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xb31/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4962
Code: c1 0f 8c f5 fe ff ff 48 c7 c7 c8 23 8a 8d e8 46 32 61 00 49 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e9 da fe ff ff 44 38 ac 24 c8 00 00 00 <4c> 8b 6c 24 30 4c 8b 64 24 18 4c 8b 7c 24 78 76 38 e8 19 b9 83 02
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000130f7c0 EFLAGS: 00000093
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880282a8ae8 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff901d50d0
RBP: ffffc9000130fa10 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff203aa1a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203aa1b R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8880282a8b04 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8880282a8ad4
FS:  000055557444a500(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000020000006b000 CR3: 000000007a247000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:142 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock+0x2a/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
 dequeue_signal+0x18c/0x440 kernel/signal.c:697
 get_signal+0x6fe/0x12c0 kernel/signal.c:2781
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xe7/0x12c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f982460ff08
Code: ff ff 01 64 48 8b 04 25 00 00 00 00 48 8d b8 d8 fe ff ff e8 4a af 0d 00 85 c0 0f 84 a2 01 00 00 64 f0 83 2c 25 a0 ff ff ff 01 <e8> f3 90 0c 00 48 8b 4c 24 08 8b 00 48 83 b9 88 00 00 00 ff 89 81
RSP: 002b:00007ffd816ac490 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f98249c2fa0 RCX: 00007f98247dfd69
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f98247dfd69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f98249c2fac R14: 00007f98249c2fa0 R15: 00007f98249c2fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (357):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/10 01:56 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/15 17:12 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/11/30 14:16 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/10/24 23:17 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/09/30 01:32 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 86341da6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/09/19 16:25 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/08/31 02:37 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/08/30 15:04 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/02/13 09:32 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 b27c2402 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/04/19 05:02 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/12/13 18:28 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/12/10 10:28 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/09/09 09:14 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/05/09 09:39 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/05/06 03:49 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/05/05 19:40 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/05/04 18:37 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/04/17 12:17 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/04/17 04:44 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/04/13 08:55 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/04/11 20:38 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/04/08 04:35 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/23 10:58 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/22 06:05 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/06 16:13 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/04 19:19 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/03 18:09 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/03 17:54 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/03/02 00:46 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/24 04:14 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/23 19:19 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/21 02:01 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/20 05:55 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 c8d8c52d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/19 03:12 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/17 09:37 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/14 16:12 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/14 08:49 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/13 01:42 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/12 22:03 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/11 06:06 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/09 17:17 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/08 15:24 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/07 10:54 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/07 03:16 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/05 07:09 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/02/01 12:49 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/26 21:50 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/26 03:37 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/23 15:49 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/23 08:43 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/20 21:18 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/20 06:48 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/18 15:49 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/18 01:22 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/11 21:03 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2026/01/07 23:46 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/12/30 15:48 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/12/30 09:56 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2025/12/27 07:44 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2024/05/18 17:45 linux-5.15.y 83655231580b c0f1611a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
2023/06/13 20:26 linux-5.15.y 7349e40704a0 d2ee9228 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_nc_worker
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.