INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/01 17:54
Reported-by: syzbot+93a87a6df68414016c15@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 45d, last: 25d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg 1 2 778d 868d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/07 10:13
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) 1 1 25d 25d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/09/21 22:20
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg 1 1 425d 425d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/25 17:18
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg (4) block prio:low 1 2 8d23h 8d11h 0/29 moderation: reported on 2026/10/08 20:17
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) 1 1 235d 235d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/03 19:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg block 1 2 2106d 2139d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/04/09 11:08
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) 1 2 265d 324d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/05 06:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg (2) usb block 1 syz, C done 7 778d 891d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:57
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg 1 1 230d 230d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/09 04:24
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg (3) prio:low block 1 27 190d 534d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/19 06:30
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg (2) block 1 3 683d 715d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/02 19:34
upstream BUG: soft lockup in aoecmd_cfg block 1 1 1002d 998d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/17 16:28

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (10500 ticks this GP) idle=3a9/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=83997/83997 fqs=4593 
	(t=10500 jiffies g=128301 q=898)
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 20077 Comm: syz.1.5260 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline]
 rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x22d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:349
 print_cpu_stall+0x31f/0x5f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:633
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:727 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x6ec/0x1120 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:2021
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4b0/0xb60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x397/0x8b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:169 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x1b2/0x1cf0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:448
Code: 4c 8d 24 85 cc 12 9f 8e 4c 89 e0 48 c1 e8 03 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 42 0f b6 04 38 84 c0 0f 85 dd 15 00 00 45 8b 24 24 <89> e8 ff c0 4c 8d 2c 85 cc 12 9f 8e 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000075f0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90000007688 RCX: ffffffff962f7f00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000090081 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000009913 R08: ffffc90000007750 R09: 000000000000000d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000000edd R12: 0000000000022177
R13: ffffc9000313fc40 R14: ffffffff8199135e R15: dffffc0000000000
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:513 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaf/0xe0 mm/kasan/common.c:522
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:356 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x22c/0x750 net/core/skbuff.c:427
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1162 [inline]
 new_skb drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:67 [inline]
 aoecmd_cfg_pkts drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:431 [inline]
 aoecmd_cfg+0x282/0x910 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1371
 call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1648
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1699 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x56c/0x810 kernel/time/timer.c:1970
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1983
 handle_softirqs+0x336/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:generic_exec_single+0x37d/0x470 kernel/smp.c:532
Code: df eb 27 e8 f5 82 0b 00 0f 0b e9 ac fd ff ff e8 e9 82 0b 00 e8 34 a3 53 08 48 85 db 0f 84 5c ff ff ff e8 d6 82 0b 00 fb 31 c0 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3d
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000313fa60 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000200 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000cb62000 RSI: 0000000000004d83 RDI: 0000000000004d84
RBP: ffffc9000313fb30 R08: ffffffff901f11cf R09: 1ffffffff203e239
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203e23a R12: ffffc9000313fb88
R13: 1ffff92000627f50 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000
 smp_call_function_single+0x202/0x4c0 kernel/smp.c:755
 task_function_call kernel/events/core.c:120 [inline]
 perf_install_in_context+0x5cf/0x930 kernel/events/core.c:3026
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12803 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x12b3/0x1bb0 kernel/events/core.c:12397
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fe4d961c159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 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 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fe4d7874028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe4d98a3fa0 RCX: 00007fe4d961c159
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00002000000012c0
RBP: 00007fe4d96b306b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe4d98a4038 R14: 00007fe4d98a3fa0 R15: 00007ffc3bf94488
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/22 07:55 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/16 13:39 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/15 22:49 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/14 23:26 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
2026/09/01 17:54 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in aoecmd_cfg
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.