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INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/22 05:27
Subsystems: batman
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Reported-by: syzbot+0a80c6499b110dbf88b7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 27d, last: 19h20m
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [batman?] INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update (2) 0 (1) 2025/12/22 05:27
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update 1 1 300d 300d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/04 18:56
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update batman 1 6 452d 548d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/24 16:54
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update (2) 1 3 18d 113d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/08/30 12:06

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4912/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=9721, q=383 ncpus=2)
task:kworker/u8:16   state:R  running task     stack:25480 pid:4912  tgid:4912  ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_mcast_mla_update
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x51/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7190
 irqentry_exit+0x1d8/0x8c0 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__update_cpu_freelist_fast mm/slub.c:4385 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4873 [inline]
RIP: 0010:slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5251 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x4de/0x800 mm/slub.c:5771
Code: c9 74 b9 48 85 db 75 a9 eb b2 4d 85 c9 74 ad 48 85 db 74 a8 bf ff ff ff ff 41 8b 44 24 40 49 8b 34 24 48 8d 4a 08 49 8b 1c 01 <4c> 89 c8 65 48 0f c7 0e 0f 85 51 ff ff ff 41 8b 44 24 40 0f 0d 0c
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ebe79a0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000010 RBX: ffff8880792c5a00 RCX: 000000000010c861
RDX: 000000000010c859 RSI: ffffffff93b4a250 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffffc9000ebe7a00 R08: 0000000000000018 R09: ffff8880792c5840
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff888036e5aff0 R12: ffff88813ff26780
R13: 0000000000000820 R14: 00000000aaff3300 R15: 0000000000000018
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
 batadv_mcast_mla_meshif_get_ipv6 net/batman-adv/multicast.c:475 [inline]
 batadv_mcast_mla_meshif_get net/batman-adv/multicast.c:533 [inline]
 __batadv_mcast_mla_update net/batman-adv/multicast.c:909 [inline]
 batadv_mcast_mla_update+0x1937/0x31b0 net/batman-adv/multicast.c:946
 process_one_work+0x9ba/0x1b20 kernel/workqueue.c:3257
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 9521 jiffies! g9721 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->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:R  running task     stack:28440 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_common+0x44/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:7047
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:12
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x61/0x80 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x216/0xaf0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x26d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </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 UID: 0 PID: 5905 Comm: kworker/u9:3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: hci4 hci_conn_timeout
RIP: 0010:restore_regs_and_return_to_kernel+0x10/0x2e
Code: ef 3f 48 81 cf 00 08 00 00 48 81 cf 00 10 00 00 0f 22 df 58 5f e9 6e ff ff ff f6 84 24 88 00 00 00 03 74 02 0f 0b 41 5f 41 5e <41> 5d 41 5c 5d 5b 41 5b 41 5a 41 59 41 58 58 59 5a 5e 5f 48 83 c4
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000469f4c8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 00000000000f1699 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000007
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacde18 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffffffff9088b3d7 R11: ffff8880265f8b30 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881249f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000000058 CR3: 000000005b778000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
RIP: 0010:rcu_is_watching+0x80/0xc0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:752
Code: 89 da 48 c1 ea 03 0f b6 14 02 48 89 d8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 7c 04 84 d2 75 24 8b 03 c1 e8 02 83 e0 01 65 ff 0d 30 9e 0f 12 <74> 07 5b 5d e9 97 21 d8 09 e8 e2 f4 88 ff 5b 5d e9 8b 21 d8 09 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000469f560 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff8880b85339e8 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8bf2b300 RDI: ffffffff8dd7bf28
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 00000000000128d3 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 trace_lock_acquire include/trace/events/lock.h:24 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x2cd/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5831
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline]
 class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0xd1/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495
 arch_stack_walk+0x94/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x160/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:165
 __reset_page_owner+0x84/0x1a0 mm/page_owner.c:320
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1395 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0x7df/0x1170 mm/page_alloc.c:2943
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:3346 [inline]
 __put_partials+0x130/0x170 mm/slub.c:3886
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x4c/0xf0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x195/0x1e0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x69/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:349
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:252 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x282/0x800 mm/slub.c:5771
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
 hci_cmd_sync_submit+0xbc/0x330 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:714
 hci_cmd_sync_run+0x93/0xf0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:807
 hci_cmd_sync_run_once+0x1b5/0x200 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:823
 hci_abort_conn+0x182/0x360 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:3004
 hci_conn_timeout+0x1f3/0x230 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:579
 process_one_work+0x9ba/0x1b20 kernel/workqueue.c:3257
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: c6 5f 02 c3 cc cc cc cc 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 13 49 12 00 fb f4 <e9> cc 35 03 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197de8 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: 00000000000725eb RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff8b7816d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacde18 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380
RBP: ffffed1003b58498 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170a673d
R10: ffff8880b85339eb R11: ffff88801dac2ff0 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff88801dac24c0 R14: ffffffff9088b3d0 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881249f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa8c8f2a6b0 CR3: 00000000650ec000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
 do_idle+0x38d/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:332
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430
 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/20 18:55 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update
2025/12/21 13:29 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update
2025/11/25 03:17 linux-next 422f3140bbcb 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_mcast_mla_update
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.