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INFO: task hung in expkey_flush

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/01/20 20:17
Subsystems: nfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+b6a0f8e7fb5f9c959ddd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 514d, last: 19h58m
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[syzbot] [nfs?] INFO: task hung in expkey_flush 0 (1) 2026/01/20 20:17

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.2.1094:11039 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.1094      state:D stack:27032 pid:11039 tgid:11036 ppid:5633   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5388 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1295/0x67a0 kernel/sched/core.c:7189
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7268 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x390 kernel/sched/core.c:7283
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7340
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xced/0x1b10 kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
 expkey_flush+0x18/0x90 fs/nfsd/export.c:261
 write_flush.isra.0+0x2af/0x3d0 net/sunrpc/cache.c:1536
 pde_write fs/proc/inode.c:330 [inline]
 proc_reg_write+0x240/0x330 fs/proc/inode.c:342
 do_loop_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:852 [inline]
 do_loop_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:837 [inline]
 vfs_writev+0x5ea/0xe10 fs/read_write.c:1061
 do_writev+0x13e/0x340 fs/read_write.c:1105
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x10b/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fbce579cdd9
RSP: 002b:00007fbce665e028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbce5a16090 RCX: 00007fbce579cdd9
RDX: 000000000000000a RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fbce5832d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbce5a16128 R14: 00007fbce5a16090 R15: 00007ffe36c65af8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/30:
 #0: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
3 locks held by kworker/u8:5/112:
 #0: ffff8880b853b3e0 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2c/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:652
 #1: ffff888023b5a008 (&____s->seqcount#14){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: trace_find_filtered_pid kernel/trace/trace_pid.c:15 [inline]
 #1: ffff888023b5a008 (&____s->seqcount#14){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: trace_ignore_this_task+0xbc/0x100 kernel/trace/trace_pid.c:44
 #2: ffff8880432b0780 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: class_wiphy_constructor include/net/cfg80211.h:6645 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880432b0780 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x92/0x570 net/wireless/core.c:499
1 lock held by klogd/4983:
 #0: ffff8880b853b3e0 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2c/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:652
5 locks held by kworker/u8:13/6398:
 #0: ffff8880b853b3e0 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2c/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:652
 #1: ffff888023b5a008 (&____s->seqcount#14){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: trace_find_filtered_pid kernel/trace/trace_pid.c:15 [inline]
 #1: ffff888023b5a008 (&____s->seqcount#14){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: trace_ignore_this_task+0xbc/0x100 kernel/trace/trace_pid.c:44
 #2: ffff8880b8526358 (&base->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: lock_timer_base+0x124/0x1d0 kernel/time/timer.c:1004
 #3: ffffffff8e928300 (jump_label_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: jump_label_lock kernel/jump_label.c:27 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8e928300 (jump_label_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0xb5/0x270 kernel/jump_label.c:207
 #4: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8e7e52e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: sta_info_get+0x55/0x3e0 net/mac80211/sta_info.c:210
2 locks held by getty/8035:
 #0: ffff888032db80a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900033e52e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14f0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
2 locks held by syz.3.1089/11017:
 #0: ffffffff906bd588 (cb_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: genl_rcv+0x19/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1217
 #1: ffffffff8ec61b20 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit+0x8ec/0x12b0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:1633
3 locks held by syz.2.1094/11039:
 #0: ffff8880795c20f0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1261
 #1: ffff888029832410 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_writev+0x13e/0x340 fs/read_write.c:1105
 #2: ffffffff8ec61b20 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: expkey_flush+0x18/0x90 fs/nfsd/export.c:261
2 locks held by syz-executor/11333:
 #0: ffff8880789220d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:58 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880789220d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:73 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880789220d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super fs/super.c:508 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880789220d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super+0xdf/0x110 fs/super.c:505
 #1: ffffffff8ec61b20 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x5b/0xf0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:576
2 locks held by syz.0.1571/13164:
 #0: ffff88807aedc0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:58 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807aedc0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:73 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807aedc0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super fs/super.c:508 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807aedc0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super+0xdf/0x110 fs/super.c:505
 #1: ffffffff8ec61b20 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x5b/0xf0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:576
2 locks held by syz.1.1600/13313:
 #0: ffff8880359720d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:58 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880359720d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:73 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880359720d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super fs/super.c:508 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880359720d8 (&type->s_umount_key#56){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super+0xdf/0x110 fs/super.c:505
 #1: ffffffff8ec61b20 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x5b/0xf0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:576

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d7/0x230 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:162 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:63
Code: e6 94 02 e9 c3 42 03 00 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 83 8f 23 00 fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197df0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 000000000026b0db RBX: ffff88801e680000 RCX: ffffffff8b880095
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8df1c469 RDI: ffffffff8c1c2800
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170a67b5
R10: ffff8880b8533dab R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffffed1003cd0000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffffff90d7dc50
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124477000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fbdfadea2f8 CR3: 000000007444e000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:62 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x464/0x590 kernel/sched/idle.c:352
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:451
 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
 </TASK>

Crashes (46):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/11 14:42 upstream 5d6919055dec 845acb1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/05/11 10:47 upstream 5d6919055dec 845acb1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/05/05 19:30 upstream a293ec25d59d 114c483e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/04/14 21:01 upstream d60bc1401583 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/04/11 05:52 upstream 7c6c4ed80b87 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/04/06 06:29 upstream 1791c390149f 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/04/02 08:02 upstream 9147566d8016 0cb124d5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/03/24 09:25 upstream c369299895a5 baf8bf12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/03/23 03:23 upstream 8d8bd2a5aa98 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/03/11 21:17 upstream b29fb8829bff 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/03/09 13:55 upstream 1f318b96cc84 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/02/28 02:21 upstream a75cb869a8cc 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/02/24 04:28 upstream 7dff99b35460 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/02/23 07:20 upstream 189f164e573e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/01/26 22:00 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/01/25 10:30 upstream 5dbeeb268b63 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/01/16 20:06 upstream 983d014aafb1 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/01/07 15:29 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/01/07 14:52 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2026/01/01 03:25 upstream 349bd28a86f2 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/12/19 15:08 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/11/23 06:35 upstream 89edd36fd801 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/11/20 02:50 upstream 23cb64fb7625 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/11/18 10:07 upstream e7c375b18160 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/11/10 09:23 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/11/02 18:24 upstream 691d401c7e0e 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/10/30 13:19 upstream e53642b87a4f fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/10/19 13:21 upstream 1c64efcb083c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/10/14 14:27 upstream 3a8660878839 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/10/13 08:45 upstream 3a8660878839 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/09/27 06:54 upstream 083fc6d7fa0d 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/09/17 11:34 upstream 5aca7966d2a7 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/09/09 03:31 upstream f777d1112ee5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/07/27 06:19 upstream 302f88ff3584 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/05/18 09:45 upstream 5723cc3450bc f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/04/26 07:13 upstream c3137514f1f1 c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/04/12 20:47 upstream 3bde70a2c827 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/02/18 12:59 upstream 2408a807bfc3 c37c7249 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/02/12 01:00 upstream 09fbf3d50205 f2baddf5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/02/08 22:21 upstream 8f6629c004b1 ef44b750 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/02/08 06:54 upstream 7ee983c850b4 ef44b750 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/01/02 05:47 upstream 56e6a3499e14 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2025/01/01 08:56 upstream ccb98ccef0e5 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2024/12/21 03:43 upstream e9b8ffafd20a d7f584ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2024/12/20 23:57 upstream e9b8ffafd20a d7f584ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
2024/12/13 23:21 upstream 243f750a2df0 7cbfbb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in expkey_flush
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.