INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/03/08 18:29
Reported-by: syzbot+bb21d42787b313521a4c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 937d, last: 25d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (14)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (3) 1 6 3d11h 82d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/11 18:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (3) mm 1 1 2493d 2493d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (2) exfat 1 2 2708d 2748d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 09:01
upstream BUG: soft lockup in generic_file_write_iter (2) mm 1 8 1179d 1167d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/18 13:34
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (2) 1 17 224d 652d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/31 05:00
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter 1 1 1123d 1123d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/13 17:16
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (4) cgroups 1 1 2426d 2422d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/09 11:43
upstream BUG: soft lockup in generic_file_write_iter net fs mm 1 2 1365d 1400d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/05 19:12
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter mm 1 58 2772d 2914d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/10/27 15:28
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (5) fs 1 2 2261d 2268d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/22 01:02
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (7) block 1 1 446d 446d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/11 00:51
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter (6) mm cgroups 1 2 1746d 1803d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:50
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter 1 18 780d 893d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/12 08:46
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in generic_file_write_iter 1 1 872d 872d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/10 08:10

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=63b/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=10115/10116 fqs=5250 
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=10993, q=1130)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 5496 Comm: syz.3.306 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:get_current arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:15 [inline]
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:225 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp8+0x4/0x80 kernel/kcov.c:299
Code: 77 22 89 ff 89 f6 4a c7 44 02 08 05 00 00 00 4a 89 7c 02 10 4a 89 74 02 18 4a 89 44 02 20 48 ff c1 48 89 0a c3 90 48 8b 04 24 <65> 48 8b 0d 34 5c 89 7e 65 8b 15 35 5c 89 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000070b8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: ffffffff8197ed33 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88804fbf8000
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900000071b0 R08: ffffffff8f104008 R09: ffffffff8f104018
R10: ffffffff8f104010 R11: ffffffff8f104003 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffffc90000007266 R14: 0000000000080504 R15: ffffc900000073c0
FS:  00007f38bee456c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000039000 CR3: 000000005ab96000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000200000000300
DR3: 0000200000000300 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 perf_prepare_sample+0x1343/0x1cb0 kernel/events/core.c:7766
 __perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7812 [inline]
 perf_event_output_forward+0x185/0x2e0 kernel/events/core.c:7832
 __perf_event_overflow+0x35f/0x550 kernel/events/core.c:9525
 perf_tp_event+0x324/0xbe0 kernel/events/core.c:10057
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10031
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x2aa/0x360 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
 trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x108/0x180 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x57/0x80 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:713
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
Code: eb 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 42 c7 44 2b 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 65 44 8b 35 f2 0f 9d 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007800 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 747d49f59f2d3900 RBX: 1ffff92000000f04 RCX: 747d49f59f2d3900
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2be0 RDI: ffffffff8a7a4540
RBP: ffffc900000078e0 R08: ffffffff901ef15f R09: 1ffffffff203de2b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203de2c R12: ffffffff8c323400
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x961/0xbd0 net/core/dev.c:5786
 gro_normal_list net/core/dev.c:5939 [inline]
 napi_complete_done+0x37e/0x850 net/core/dev.c:6677
 virtqueue_napi_complete drivers/net/virtio_net.c:357 [inline]
 virtnet_poll+0x9b7/0xfb0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:1627
 __napi_poll+0xbb/0x430 net/core/dev.c:7101
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7168 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x522/0xa80 net/core/dev.c:7258
 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:fault_in_iov_iter_readable+0x0/0x270 lib/iov_iter.c:447
Code: 13 e8 64 b2 92 fd eb 0c e8 5d b2 92 fd eb 05 e8 56 b2 92 fd b8 ea ff ff ff 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 00 00 <55> 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 89 f3 49 89 ff 49 bd 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900031ffab8 EFLAGS: 00000297
RAX: 000000000026f79d RBX: 000000000003a000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000e2db000 RSI: 0000000000001000 RDI: ffffc900031ffdb0
RBP: ffffc900031ffc20 R08: ffffea00014149b7 R09: 1ffffd4000282936
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff94000282937 R12: 000000000003a000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000001000
 generic_perform_write+0x1a5/0x550 mm/filemap.c:3775
 __generic_file_write_iter+0x261/0x4e0 mm/filemap.c:3912
 generic_file_write_iter+0xa6/0x1b0 mm/filemap.c:3944
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2179 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x748/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647
 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: 0033:0x7f38c0bed159
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:00007f38bee45028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f38c0e74fa0 RCX: 00007f38c0bed159
RDX: 00000000002a979d RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f38c0c84024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f38c0e75038 R14: 00007f38c0e74fa0 R15: 00007fff70cb3c48
 </TASK>

Crashes (43):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/06 20:27 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/09/01 09:38 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/08/29 14:34 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/08/20 07:20 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/06/08 23:14 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/03/30 06:09 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/02/10 10:28 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2026/02/09 17:09 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 generic_file_write_iter
2026/01/13 04:23 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 generic_file_write_iter
2025/12/23 21:41 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 generic_file_write_iter
2025/12/20 01:01 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 generic_file_write_iter
2025/12/03 13:08 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/11/10 14:27 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/11/03 17:59 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/11/02 05:02 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/08/17 10:48 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/08/14 23:36 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 5d8c2ac2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/08/12 10:31 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/07/17 15:48 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/04/21 19:41 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/03/19 01:25 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 22a6c2b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/02/07 09:54 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 53657d1b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2025/01/05 20:37 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/11/25 11:35 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 68da6d95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/10/04 02:05 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/10/01 02:03 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 bbd4e0a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/09/25 05:30 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 5643e0e9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/09/25 05:25 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 5643e0e9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/08/25 12:46 linux-5.15.y fa93fa65db6e d7d32352 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/08/23 15:54 linux-5.15.y fa93fa65db6e d7d32352 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/08/14 05:45 linux-5.15.y 7e89efd3ae1c bde81f6f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/08/11 14:11 linux-5.15.y 7e89efd3ae1c 6f4edef4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/08/06 05:48 linux-5.15.y 7e89efd3ae1c e1bdb00a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/07/02 15:21 linux-5.15.y 4878aadf2d15 07f0a0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/06/26 23:11 linux-5.15.y 4878aadf2d15 c6d33a01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/06/20 01:11 linux-5.15.y 4878aadf2d15 41b7e219 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/06/19 05:21 linux-5.15.y 4878aadf2d15 41b7e219 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/06/19 01:58 linux-5.15.y 4878aadf2d15 639d6cdf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/05/24 04:21 linux-5.15.y 83655231580b 8f98448e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/04/30 16:34 linux-5.15.y b925f60c6ee7 3ce4924c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/04/26 10:25 linux-5.15.y c52b9710c83d 8bdc0f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/03/08 18:28 linux-5.15.y 574362648507 8e75c913 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
2024/08/29 09:14 linux-5.15.y fa93fa65db6e ef3de9e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in generic_file_write_iter
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.