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INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_event_open

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/14 11:08
Reported-by: syzbot+0c40b0eae227145b6069@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 11d, last: 11d
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open (2) origin:lts-only 1 C error 13 2h00m 594d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/01/09 18:19
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_event_open (2) perf 1 1 1428d 1428d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/11/26 20:49
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_event_open kernel 1 1 1524d 1524d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/21 01:14
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open (2) origin:lts-only 1 syz done 8 9d04h 336d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/09/23 05:55
upstream BUG: soft lockup in perf_event_open bpf trace 1 2 61d 57d 0/29 moderation: reported on 2025/06/29 04:38
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __se_sys_perf_event_open perf 1 1 1878d 1878d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/02 02:08
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open (3) perf 1 1 2056d 2056d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open (4) perf 1 1 2056d 2056d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open (2) perf 1 8 2091d 2092d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open 1 1 440d 440d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/19 01:45
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open 1 1 859d 859d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/17 04:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_perf_event_open perf 1 1 2536d 2533d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/14 17:19
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_perf_event_open 1 1 476d 476d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/04 07:07
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_perf_event_open perf 1 1 451d 447d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/29 01:52
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_perf_event_open (2) kvm fs 1 6 219d 326d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/18 04:31

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (10495 ticks this GP) idle=abf4/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=15589/99282 fqs=4746
rcu: 	         hardirqs   softirqs   csw/system
rcu: 	 number:   989199      46709            0
rcu: 	cputime:    47066       5314          154   ==> 52480(ms)
rcu: 	(t=10500 jiffies g=12933 q=2539 ncpus=2)
CPU: 0 PID: 6300 Comm: syz.4.56 Not tainted 6.6.101-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:182 [inline]
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:245 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x96/0x120 kernel/kcov.c:350
Code: 41 54 53 48 8b 54 24 20 65 4c 8b 05 34 1f 7e 7e 45 31 c9 eb 08 49 ff c1 4c 39 c8 74 77 4e 8b 54 ce 10 65 44 8b 1d 22 1f 7e 7e <41> 81 e3 00 01 ff 00 74 13 41 81 fb 00 01 00 00 75 d9 41 83 b8 1c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007470 EFLAGS: 00000216
RAX: 0000000000000020 RBX: 000000373fb6c883 RCX: 0000000000000005
RDX: ffffffff81889a9d RSI: ffffffff8cd797a0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: ffff88802fb89e00 R09: 0000000000000008
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000105 R12: ffff8880182425d8
R13: f800000000000000 R14: 00000000000005c8 R15: 000000000006e2e4
FS:  00007fa1c5ff66c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f4cddfac520 CR3: 0000000060581000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000602
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 check_buffer+0x24d/0x950 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:3495
 __rb_reserve_next+0x511/0xd50 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:3624
 rb_reserve_next_event kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:3759 [inline]
 ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xae1/0xed0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:3818
 __trace_buffer_lock_reserve kernel/trace/trace.c:992 [inline]
 trace_event_buffer_lock_reserve+0x1d0/0x6e0 kernel/trace/trace.c:2902
 trace_event_buffer_reserve+0x29b/0x3c0 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:661
 do_trace_event_raw_event_bpf_trace_printk kernel/trace/bpf_trace.h:11 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_bpf_trace_printk+0x101/0x210 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.h:11
 trace_bpf_trace_printk+0x142/0x1a0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.h:11
 ____bpf_trace_printk kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:388 [inline]
 bpf_trace_printk+0x11f/0x190 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:371
 bpf_prog_0605f9f479290f07+0x37/0x3b
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1213 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:605 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:619 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2322 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run1+0x30a/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2360
 __bpf_trace_rcu_utilization+0xa2/0xe0 include/trace/events/rcu.h:27
 trace_rcu_utilization+0x179/0x1a0 include/trace/events/rcu.h:27
 rcu_core+0x12d/0x1720 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2439
 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xc7/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673
 instr_sysvec_irq_work arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:17 [inline]
 sysvec_irq_work+0xa1/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:17
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:723
RIP: 0010:preempt_schedule_irq+0xb0/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:7010
Code: 44 24 20 f6 44 24 21 02 74 0b 0f 0b 48 f7 03 08 00 00 00 74 63 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 cb 12 e6 f6 e8 16 99 16 f7 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> db b5 ff ff 48 c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 40 8b 44 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043ef540 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 0b55d3d21822ea00 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0b55d3d21822ea00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaaba40 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc900043ef5e0 R08: ffffffff90da361f R09: 1ffffffff21b46c3
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b46c4 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff9200087dea8
 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:get_current arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x8/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:215
Code: 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 53 48 89 fb e8 13 00 00 00 48 8b 3d 8c f1 c4 0c 48 89 de 5b e9 63 75 56 00 cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 <65> 48 8b 0d 60 24 7e 7e 65 8b 15 61 24 7e 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043ef6a0 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: ffffffff8192c2ca RBX: 00007fa1c7d8ebe9 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8afc6760 RDI: 00007fa1c7d8ebe9
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffff88802fb89e00 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffffffff8a8000d0
R13: 0000000000000138 R14: 00007fa1c7d8ebe9 R15: 1ffff9200087def2
 is_bpf_text_address+0x1a/0x2a0 kernel/bpf/core.c:738
 kernel_text_address+0xa0/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:125
 __kernel_text_address+0xd/0x30 kernel/extable.c:79
 unwind_get_return_address+0x5d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:369
 arch_stack_walk+0x11d/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:328
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6e/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:767
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3485 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3493 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3500 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x115/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:3516
 __d_alloc+0x31/0x730 fs/dcache.c:1773
 d_alloc_pseudo+0x1d/0x70 fs/dcache.c:1903
 alloc_file_pseudo+0xcc/0x200 fs/file_table.c:329
 __anon_inode_getfile fs/anon_inodes.c:122 [inline]
 anon_inode_getfile+0xc5/0x1a0 fs/anon_inodes.c:160
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12840 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0xeb5/0x1c20 kernel/events/core.c:12552
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1c7d8ebe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fa1c5ff6038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa1c7fb5fa0 RCX: 00007fa1c7d8ebe9
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000040
RBP: 00007fa1c7e11e19 R08: 0000000000000009 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa1c7fb6038 R14: 00007fa1c7fb5fa0 R15: 00007fffee15c8e8
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/14 11:07 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_event_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.