INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/14 10:24
Reported-by: syzbot+da2a7936d785c1b78db8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1143d, last: 1143d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (2) 1 1 14d 14d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/10 06:09
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (3) kernfs 1 2 1492d 1542d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/20 22:08
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open mm 1 1 2424d 2424d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (4) kernel 1 1 1331d 1331d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/03/09 20:29
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (7) prio:high kernfs 1 C error error 10 27d 360d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/28 23:27
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (2) mm 1 1 2388d 2388d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open 1 1 514d 514d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/04 16:10
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (6) mm 1 17 551d 656d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/18 13:25
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open (5) cgroups 1 2 948d 994d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/18 04:35
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in kernfs_fop_open 1 7 729d 828d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/23 00:09

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P24397/1:b..l
	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=162485, q=122)
task:kworker/u4:17   state:R  running task     stack:22392 pid:24397 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5026 [inline]
 __schedule+0x12c4/0x4590 kernel/sched/core.c:6372
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xf7/0x1c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6776
 irqentry_exit+0x53/0x80 kernel/entry/common.c:426
 asm_sysvec_reschedule_ipi+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:643
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x252/0x4f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5626
Code: 2b 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 4c e4 66 00 f6 44 24 61 02 0f 85 84 01 00 00 41 f7 c7 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 25 00 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 25 09 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 25
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003f0f8e0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 1ffff920007e1f28 RCX: 1ffff920007e1ec8
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8b0f00 RDI: ffffffff8ad85f80
RBP: ffffc90003f0fa40 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1f79221
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: dffffc0000000001 R12: 1ffff920007e1f24
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc90003f0f940 R15: 0000000000000246
 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:269
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:696 [inline]
 inet_twsk_purge+0x11e/0xa20 net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c:268
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:174 [inline]
 cleanup_net+0x763/0xb60 net/core/net_namespace.c:596
 process_one_work+0x8a1/0x10c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2307
 worker_thread+0xaca/0x1280 kernel/workqueue.c:2454
 kthread+0x3f6/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:319
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread timer wakeup didn't happen for 10498 jiffies! g162485 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402
rcu: 	Possible timer handling issue on cpu=1 timer-softirq=98969
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10499 jiffies! g162485 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 ->cpu=1
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:I stack:27000 pid:   15 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5026 [inline]
 __schedule+0x12c4/0x4590 kernel/sched/core.c:6372
 schedule+0x11b/0x1f0 kernel/sched/core.c:6455
 schedule_timeout+0x1b9/0x300 kernel/time/timer.c:1884
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x2af/0xf70 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1959
 rcu_gp_kthread+0xa4/0x360 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2132
 kthread+0x3f6/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:319
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 2960 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.15.115-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/25/2023
RIP: 0010:native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kvm_wait+0x1b4/0x200 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c:918
Code: e0 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 75 42 45 0f b6 34 24 e8 fe 96 4e 00 44 3a 74 24 1c 75 10 66 90 0f 00 2d 3e 84 50 09 fb f4 <e9> c8 fe ff ff fb e9 c2 fe ff ff 44 89 e1 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c 54
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000dd0840 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 7520a8be48888a00 RBX: 1ffff920001ba10c RCX: ffffffff8162db08
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8afc60 RDI: ffffffff8ad85f80
RBP: ffffc90000dd0910 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1f79239
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: dffffc0000000001 R12: ffff88801dbdd8f0
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: ffffc90000dd0880
FS:  00007f4b3bc6ec80(0000) GS:ffff8880b9b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f2228153000 CR3: 0000000020b8e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <NMI>
 </NMI>
 <IRQ>
 pv_wait arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:597 [inline]
 pv_wait_head_or_lock kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:470 [inline]
 __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x6bc/0xc40 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:508
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:585 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x42/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:85 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x269/0x370 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:363 [inline]
 fq_pie_timer+0x87/0x260 net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c:380
 call_timer_fn+0x16d/0x560 kernel/time/timer.c:1421
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1466 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x67c/0x890 kernel/time/timer.c:1737
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1750
 __do_softirq+0x3b3/0x93a kernel/softirq.c:558
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:432 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x155/0x240 kernel/softirq.c:636
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:648
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x91/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1096
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:638
RIP: 0010:stack_depot_save+0x0/0x440 lib/stackdepot.c:261
Code: 48 8d 4c 18 18 49 89 0e 8b 44 18 0c eb 02 31 c0 5b 41 5e 41 5f c3 48 c7 c7 00 18 f2 8c 4c 89 fe e8 d5 5b 00 00 eb c3 0f 1f 00 <55> 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 28 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002c3f0d8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000010 RBX: ffff88807d57a340 RCX: 7520a8be48888a00
RDX: 0000000000002800 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: ffffc90002c3f120
RBP: ffffc90002c3f208 R08: 000000000000000f R09: ffffc90002c3f050
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: dffffc0000000001 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff92000587e20 R14: ffffc90002c3f120 R15: 1ffff1100faaf468
 save_stack+0x104/0x1e0 mm/page_owner.c:120
 __reset_page_owner+0x52/0x180 mm/page_owner.c:140
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1340 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1391 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0xc34/0xcf0 mm/page_alloc.c:3317
 free_unref_page+0x95/0x2d0 mm/page_alloc.c:3396
 free_slab mm/slub.c:2015 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2021 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x1b7/0x210 mm/slub.c:2507
 put_cpu_partial+0x132/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:2587
 do_slab_free mm/slub.c:3487 [inline]
 ___cache_free+0xe3/0x100 mm/slub.c:3506
 qlist_free_all+0x36/0x90 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x162/0x180 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:283
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2f/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:444
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x53/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3220 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3228 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xfb/0x290 mm/slub.c:3245
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:591 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline]
 kernfs_fop_open+0x3b5/0xbc0 fs/kernfs/file.c:628
 do_dentry_open+0x807/0xfb0 fs/open.c:826
 do_open fs/namei.c:3538 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2702/0x2f20 fs/namei.c:3672
 do_filp_open+0x21c/0x460 fs/namei.c:3699
 do_sys_openat2+0x13b/0x500 fs/open.c:1211
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1227 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1243 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1238 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x243/0x290 fs/open.c:1238
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
RIP: 0033:0x7f4b3bd999a4
Code: 24 20 48 8d 44 24 30 48 89 44 24 28 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 2c 44 89 e2 48 89 ee bf 9c ff ff ff b8 01 01 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 76 60 48 8b 15 55 a4 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 83
RSP: 002b:00007ffe9c2453e0 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 00007f4b3bd999a4
RDX: 0000000000080241 RSI: 00007ffe9c245818 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
RBP: 00007ffe9c245818 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 00000000000001b6 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000080241
R13: 000055c0a9d8372e R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2023/06/06 10:24 linux-5.15.y d7af3e5ba454 a4ae4f42 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in kernfs_fop_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.