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INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/29 07:59
Reported-by: syzbot+10dac4314f3012947b2d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 115d, last: 9d12h
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (3) block 1 C 1784 1h04m 271d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/02/23 13:57
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (2) block 1 1 390d 390d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/25 03:29
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs 1 1 547d 547d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/31 17:12
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs block 1 5 929d 1132d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/05 18:35
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs origin:upstream 1 C 58 4d08h 135d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/09 10:03

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.6.363:6331 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.6.363       state:D stack:26368 pid:6331  ppid:5922   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 sync_bdevs+0x1ab/0x320 block/bdev.c:1054
 ksys_sync+0xb6/0x150 fs/sync.c:105
 __ia32_sys_sync+0xa/0x10 fs/sync.c:113
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fb5d4b8f6c9
RSP: 002b:00007fb5d594b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a2
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb5d4de5fa0 RCX: 00007fb5d4b8f6c9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fb5d4de5fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb5d4de6038 R14: 00007fb5d4de5fa0 R15: 00007ffdd38f7928
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2b630 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2be50 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
2 locks held by getty/4032:
 #0: ffff88814d24a098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41b/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
2 locks held by syz-executor/4274:
2 locks held by kworker/u4:12/4423:
1 lock held by udevd/4499:
 #0: ffff888024d9c4c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x13d/0xa60 block/bdev.c:815
1 lock held by syz-executor/4668:
1 lock held by syz.6.363/6331:
 #0: ffff888024d9c4c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ab/0x320 block/bdev.c:1054

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 28 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3f4/0x470 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xeee/0xf30 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 3932 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:memset_erms+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S:65
Code: 03 40 0f b6 f6 48 b8 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 48 0f af c6 f3 48 ab 89 d1 f3 aa 4c 89 c8 c3 90 49 89 f9 40 88 f0 48 89 d1 f3 aa <4c> 89 c8 c3 90 49 89 fa 40 0f b6 ce 48 b8 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
RSP: 0018:ffffc900036f75c8 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc900036f76a8 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc900036f7708
RBP: ffffffff8f3767b2 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffc900036f76f8
R10: fffff520006deee1 R11: 1ffff920006deedf R12: 1ffff920006deed6
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc900036f76f8 R15: ffffc900036f76dd
FS:  00007f89bbbae740(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c408e91 CR3: 000000001f372000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 unwind_next_frame+0xb8a/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:546
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x98/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2d/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:236
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x131/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf7/0x290 mm/slub.c:3709
 __sigqueue_free kernel/signal.c:459 [inline]
 collect_signal kernel/signal.c:602 [inline]
 __dequeue_signal+0x4e9/0x610 kernel/signal.c:624
 dequeue_signal+0xe5/0x4b0 kernel/signal.c:647
 get_signal+0x547/0x1350 kernel/signal.c:2751
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xb7/0x1240 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:871
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:87
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f89bbc38407
Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 de e8 23 ff ff ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffe12020b00 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000010f
RAX: fffffffffffffdfe RBX: 00007f89bbbae740 RCX: 00007f89bbc38407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000560f86d6b8a0
RBP: 00007ffe12031230 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007ffe12031230 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000560f812265e0
R13: 0000560f86d653e0 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: 0000560f86ea1e18
 </TASK>

Crashes (15):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/12 10:57 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/11/10 15:57 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/10/25 22:55 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/10/19 17:30 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/09/30 17:52 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/09/18 22:37 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/09/08 19:23 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/09/08 09:37 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/09/02 16:06 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/15 04:46 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/08 03:32 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 6a893178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/07 00:00 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/06 23:58 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/05 23:49 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 ffe1dd46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/07/29 07:59 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 c4a95487 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.