INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (5)

Status: closed as dup on 2021/05/25 09:57
Subsystems: usb fs input
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Reported-by: syzbot+4e0bd67836a023cc6d01@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1904d, last: 1382d
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (5) 2 (4) 2021/05/25 09:57
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (6) ext4 1 3 761d 776d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/03 13:07
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (2) kernel 1 15 2401d 2401d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (8) kernel 1 1 222d 222d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/26 09:15
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait mm cgroups 1 148 2436d 2438d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (9) prio:high mm usb input 1 syz, C error error 1 39d 37d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/06/29 21:10
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (7) fs 1 3 648d 655d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/24 21:05
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (3) kernel 1 1 2401d 2401d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait (4) kernel 1 21 2401d 2401d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13

Sample crash report:
3 locks held by systemd-udevd/10927:
 #0: ffff88802c570088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_file_read_iter fs/kernfs/file.c:203 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802c570088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x185/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:242
 #1: ffff88802d4cb578 (kn->active#96){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_file_read_iter fs/kernfs/file.c:204 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802d4cb578 (kn->active#96){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x1a8/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:242
 #2: ffff888037a2a220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock_interruptible include/linux/device.h:749 [inline]
 #2: ffff888037a2a220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: read_descriptors+0x3c/0x2c0 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:897
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rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	1-...!: (6 ticks this GP) idle=c0a/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=13589/13590 fqs=1 
	(t=11336 jiffies g=15153 q=7841)
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 11334 jiffies! g15153 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:28864 pid:   14 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:4688 [inline]
 __schedule+0xb38/0x58c0 kernel/sched/core.c:5945
 schedule+0xcf/0x270 kernel/sched/core.c:6024
 schedule_timeout+0x14a/0x250 kernel/time/timer.c:1878
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop kernel/rcu/tree.c:1996 [inline]
 rcu_gp_kthread+0xd21/0x1960 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2169
 kthread+0x3b1/0x4a0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294
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: 4855 Comm: systemd-journal Not tainted 5.13.0-rc2-next-20210518-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:in_irq_stack arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c:159 [inline]
RIP: 0010:get_stack_info_noinstr+0xdb/0x120 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c:176
Code: 8b 05 b1 af e4 76 48 8d 90 08 80 ff ff 48 8d 48 08 49 39 d4 72 25 49 39 cc 73 20 c7 45 00 02 00 00 00 48 89 55 08 48 89 4d 10 <48> 8b 00 48 89 45 18 b8 01 00 00 00 e9 3a ff ff ff 5b 48 89 ee 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000077c0 EFLAGS: 00000283
RAX: ffffc90000007ff8 RBX: fffffe0000008000 RCX: ffffc90000008000
RDX: ffffc90000000000 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90000007860 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffc90000007860
R10: fffff52000000f17 R11: 000000000000003f R12: ffffc90000007810
R13: ffffc90000007860 R14: ffffc90000007898 R15: ffffc90000007860
FS:  00007f8d260ca8c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000541198 CR3: 0000000017124000 CR4: 00000000001506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 get_stack_info+0x2d/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c:193
 __unwind_start+0x4ae/0x800 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:668
 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:60 [inline]
 arch_stack_walk+0x5c/0xe0 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
 stack_trace_save+0x8c/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:121
 kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:38
 kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:357
 ____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:363 [inline]
 ____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:328 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0xfb/0x130 mm/kasan/common.c:371
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:212 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1623 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xdf/0x240 mm/slub.c:1648
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3208 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x8e/0x5a0 mm/slub.c:3224
 kfree_skbmem+0xef/0x1b0 net/core/skbuff.c:684
 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:741 [inline]
 consume_skb net/core/skbuff.c:896 [inline]
 consume_skb+0xcf/0x160 net/core/skbuff.c:890
 mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame+0x157/0x1e0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1776
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon_tx+0x49e/0x920 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1829
 __iterate_interfaces+0x1e5/0x520 net/mac80211/util.c:793
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x70/0x180 net/mac80211/util.c:829
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xd5/0x1a0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1852
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1537 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x609/0xe50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1601
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x17b/0x360 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1618
 __do_softirq+0x29b/0x9fb kernel/softirq.c:559
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:433 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x136/0x200 kernel/softirq.c:637
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:649
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x93/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1100
 </IRQ>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:647
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:163 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x0/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:197
Code: 01 f0 4d 89 03 e9 63 fd ff ff b9 ff ff ff ff ba 08 00 00 00 4d 8b 03 48 0f bd ca 49 8b 45 00 48 63 c9 e9 64 ff ff ff 0f 1f 00 <65> 8b 05 e9 1b 8c 7e 89 c1 48 8b 34 24 81 e1 00 01 00 00 65 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000132fb58 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000110819 RBX: 1ffff92000265f6c RCX: 1ffffffff208fdc2
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000bb8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffff90440a07
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000000004b
R13: ffff8880143d8000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000001
 devkmsg_poll+0x173/0x260 kernel/printk/printk.c:847
 vfs_poll include/linux/poll.h:90 [inline]
 ep_item_poll+0xf4/0x190 fs/eventpoll.c:846
 ep_send_events fs/eventpoll.c:1683 [inline]
 ep_poll fs/eventpoll.c:1798 [inline]
 do_epoll_wait+0x727/0x1940 fs/eventpoll.c:2226
 __do_sys_epoll_wait fs/eventpoll.c:2238 [inline]
 __se_sys_epoll_wait fs/eventpoll.c:2233 [inline]
 __x64_sys_epoll_wait+0x158/0x270 fs/eventpoll.c:2233
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f8d253932e3
Code: 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 83 3d 29 54 2b 00 00 75 13 49 89 ca b8 e8 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 34 c3 48 83 ec 08 e8 0b c2 00 00 48 89 04 24
RSP: 002b:00007ffef4b74df8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e8
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000560d633031e0 RCX: 00007f8d253932e3
RDX: 0000000000000013 RSI: 00007ffef4b74e00 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007ffef4b74ff0 R08: 431bde82d7b634db R09: 00007ffef4b99080
R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffef4b74e00
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 0005c2ae65972648
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 8449 Comm: kworker/u4:8 Not tainted 5.13.0-rc2-next-20210518-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x13e/0x1d6 lib/dump_stack.c:129
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x44/0xd7 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:105
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1b3/0x230 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline]
 rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x25e/0x3f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:342
 print_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:625 [inline]
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:700 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3922 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq.cold+0x3f1/0x74b kernel/rcu/tree.c:2641
 update_process_times+0x16d/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1782
 tick_sched_handle+0x9b/0x180 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:226
 tick_sched_timer+0x1b0/0x2d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1420
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1537 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1c0/0xe50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1601
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x330/0xa00 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1663
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1089 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x146/0x530 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1106
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x40/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1100
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:647
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:161 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x38/0x70 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:191
Code: 74 24 10 e8 aa 03 3b f8 48 89 ef e8 42 7c 3b f8 81 e3 00 02 00 00 75 25 9c 58 f6 c4 02 75 2d 48 85 db 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 13 99 2e f8 65 8b 05 ec 98 e1 76 85 c0 74 0a 5b 5d c3 e8 e0 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000dc0c80 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: 0000000000000200 RCX: 1ffffffff2093eea
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000101 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff8880176a2218 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffff90440a5f
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000246
R13: ffff8880176a2218 R14: 0000000000000021 R15: ffff8880176a2108
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:414 [inline]
 input_repeat_key+0x118/0x380 drivers/input/input.c:201
 call_timer_fn+0x1a5/0x6b0 kernel/time/timer.c:1417
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1462 [inline]
 __run_timers.part.0+0x67c/0xa50 kernel/time/timer.c:1731
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1712 [inline]
 run_timer_softirq+0xb3/0x1d0 kernel/time/timer.c:1744
 __do_softirq+0x29b/0x9fb kernel/softirq.c:559
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:433 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x136/0x200 kernel/softirq.c:637
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:649
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x93/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1100
 </IRQ>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:647
RIP: 0010:native_save_fl arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:29 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_save_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:70 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_irq_save arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:106 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x14a/0x720 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5528
Code: 0f b6 14 02 48 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 7c 08 84 d2 0f 85 69 05 00 00 45 8b 8e 24 0a 00 00 45 85 c9 0f 85 9e 02 00 00 9c <8f> 04 24 fa 48 c7 c7 60 b8 8b 89 e8 46 14 c2 07 48 89 da 83 e3 07
RSP: 0018:ffffc900017afbc0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000007 RBX: ffffffff8de9f76c RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff888016978a24
RBP: 1ffff920002f5f7b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff8c17afe0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff888016978000 R15: 000000000000026b
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:272 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:720 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:408 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0x771/0xe50 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:715
 process_one_work+0x98d/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2275
 worker_thread+0x64c/0x1120 kernel/workqueue.c:2421
 kthread+0x3b1/0x4a0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2021/05/19 13:22 linux-next a1f92694393a a343ba6b .config console log report syz ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait
2022/10/23 22:03 upstream a70385240892 23bf86af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_epoll_wait
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.