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INFO: rcu detected stall in dput

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/17 20:59
Reported-by: syzbot+d1665e7f42dee637973f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 228d, last: 16d
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (2) origin:lts-only 1 C error 54 22d 613d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/28 13:43
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (4) kvm 1 C error error 2 1513d 1873d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:37
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (3) origin:lts-only 1 syz error 25 17d 418d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/12/09 17:03
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (3) mm 1 1 2215d 2215d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (8) fs 1 C done 635 14d 762d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/31 19:35
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput 1 2 886d 926d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/08 00:28
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (6) fs 1 2 1187d 1247d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/16 04:13
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (2) 1 10 545d 687d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/12 09:55
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (5) fs 1 1 1383d 1383d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/07/18 12:41
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput 1 1 934d 934d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/20 22:44
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput fs 1 1 2251d 2251d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (2) mm 1 2 2216d 2216d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P7501/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=23957, q=339 ncpus=2)
task:syz.4.377       state:R  running task     stack:23016 pid:7501  ppid:6364   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:7010
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x76/0x2970 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:-1
Code: 4d 8b 7c 24 48 4d 8d 74 24 38 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 48 89 44 24 68 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 5f 77 a2 00 49 8b 44 24 38 <48> 89 84 24 90 00 00 00 4c 89 e3 48 c1 eb 03 42 0f b6 04 2b 84 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c306e18 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffc9000c3071b0 RBX: ffffc9000c306f30 RCX: ffff888022428000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff81d0f3ae RDI: ffffc9000c306ee8
RBP: ffffc9000c306f70 R08: ffffc9000c306fb0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc9000c306ee8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc9000c306f20 R15: ffffffff81d0f3ae
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0xf7/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:128
 __reset_page_owner+0x4e/0x190 mm/page_owner.c:149
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1154 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x7ce/0x8e0 mm/page_alloc.c:2336
 free_unref_page_list+0xbe/0x860 mm/page_alloc.c:2475
 release_pages+0x1fa0/0x2220 mm/swap.c:1022
 __folio_batch_release+0x71/0xe0 mm/swap.c:1042
 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:83 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x5d0/0x1a40 mm/shmem.c:1026
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1135 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x273/0xa70 mm/shmem.c:1264
 evict+0x486/0x870 fs/inode.c:705
 __dentry_kill+0x431/0x650 fs/dcache.c:611
 dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0xfe/0x1e0 fs/dcache.c:918
 __fput+0x5e5/0x970 fs/file_table.c:392
 task_work_run+0x1ce/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:245
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:43 [inline]
 do_exit+0x90b/0x23c0 kernel/exit.c:883
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1024
 get_signal+0x12fc/0x1400 kernel/signal.c:2902
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x9c/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf6/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:315
 exc_page_fault+0x8f/0x110 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1524
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7f268c98f751
RSP: 002b:fffffffffffffe70 EFLAGS: 00010217
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f268cbe6090 RCX: 00007f268c98f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffe70 RDI: 0000000000008000
RBP: 00007f268ca13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f268cbe6128 R14: 00007f268cbe6090 R15: 00007fff8ba09148
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10446 jiffies! g23957 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:27496 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 schedule_timeout+0x160/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x302/0x1560 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </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: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148
Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 23 2b 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ca07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: f97b14f6ea30a200 RBX: ffffffff8161a02b RCX: f97b14f6ea30a200
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8aaabce0 RDI: ffffffff8afc73a0
RBP: ffffffff8ca07eb8 R08: ffff8880b8e36b2b R09: 1ffff110171c6d65
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6d66 R12: ffffffff8e4a39e8
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1952688
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f268d885f98 CR3: 000000001a3df000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:170 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1eb/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:282
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:380
 rest_init+0x2e2/0x300 init/main.c:744
 arch_call_rest_init+0xe/0x10 init/main.c:841
 start_kernel+0x459/0x4e0 init/main.c:1086
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:555
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x60/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:536
 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b
 </TASK>

Crashes (44):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/16 04:02 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2026/01/07 03:57 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/12/24 17:48 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/12/11 02:15 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/12/03 21:59 linux-6.6.y 4791134e4aeb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/12/03 07:37 linux-6.6.y 4791134e4aeb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/11/21 00:26 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/10/30 11:02 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/10/28 21:11 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/10/27 21:53 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/09/26 09:13 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/09/22 23:04 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 0ac7291c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/09/16 16:40 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/24 23:15 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/24 01:34 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/23 08:46 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/22 04:00 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/20 15:45 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/15 22:08 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/14 14:56 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 5d8c2ac2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/12 04:19 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/11 20:12 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/10 23:45 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/09 12:07 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/05 11:17 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 37880f40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/04 14:15 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/04 09:05 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/03 07:09 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/30 03:49 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/29 17:07 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 c4a95487 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/28 13:28 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/28 13:28 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/27 23:25 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/26 08:06 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/26 01:07 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/20 15:10 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/19 16:43 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/14 19:21 linux-6.6.y 9247f4e6573a d8fc7335 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/13 01:16 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/12 15:24 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/09 11:42 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/08 07:59 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/03 10:09 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/06/17 20:59 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb e77fae15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.