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INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (7)

Status: closed as dup on 2026/06/19 02:51
Subsystems: nilfs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+155b515977fecb686986@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 46d, last: 8d19h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [nilfs?] INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (7) 1 (3) 2026/06/19 02:50
Similar bugs (14)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (5) nilfs 1 1 360d 360d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/27 08:54
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread nilfs2 1 C 41 1226d 1327d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/05 03:06
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (4) origin:upstream 1 C error 6 19d 87d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/03/30 01:14
upstream INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (6) nilfs 1 C done 41 49d 190d 29/29 fixed on 2026/05/06 16:40
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (2) 1 2 694d 773d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/07 22:53
upstream INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (3) nilfs 1 138 680d 705d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/22 18:08
upstream INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread nilfs 1 C error 94 1149d 1323d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread 1 3 1159d 1171d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/20 05:29
upstream INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (4) nilfs 1 1 599d 599d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/31 15:40
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread nilfs2 1 C 1 1224d 1224d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/02/16 07:03
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (2) 1 2 87d 169d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/01/06 07:57
upstream INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (2) nilfs 1 C inconclusive 98 746d 856d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread 1 40 629d 773d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/12 18:46
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread (3) 1 1 568d 568d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/13 18:17
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/06/19 01:24 3h08m kartikey406@gmail.com patch upstream log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task segctord:6131 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:segctord        state:D stack:28680 pid:6131  tgid:6131  ppid:2      task_flags:0x200040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5388 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1840/0x57a0 kernel/sched/core.c:7189
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7268 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7283
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7340
 rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x87d/0x1080 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1215
 __down_write_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1347 [inline]
 __down_write kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1356 [inline]
 down_write+0x1bc/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1626
 nilfs_transaction_lock+0x24a/0x4b0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:357
 nilfs_segctor_thread_construct fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2569 [inline]
 nilfs_segctor_thread+0x6be/0xdb0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2684
 kthread+0x389/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/32:
 #0: 
ffffffff8e95c780
 (
rcu_read_lock
){....}-{1:3}
, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
2 locks held by getty/5382:
 #0: 
ffff888031f200a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: 
ffffc900032332e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45a/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
3 locks held by syz.0.17/6086:
2 locks held by syz.5.22/6114:
3 locks held by syz.2.19/6118:
3 locks held by syz.1.18/6126:
2 locks held by syz.3.20/6130:
3 locks held by syz.4.21/6132:
1 lock held by segctord/6131:
 #0: ffff88805bb0c288 (&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem){++++}-{4:4}, at: nilfs_transaction_lock+0x24a/0x4b0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:357
2 locks held by syz-executor/6175:
1 lock held by syz-executor/6176:
7 locks held by syz.6.23/6349:
2 locks held by syz.7.24/6383:
3 locks held by syz.8.25/6380:
3 locks held by syz.9.26/6391:
1 lock held by syz.5.286/7133:
2 locks held by syz.0.288/7141:
1 lock held by syz.3.289/7140:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:162 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd7/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x389/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6126 Comm: syz.1.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:hrtick_start+0x4a/0x250 kernel/sched/core.c:959
Code: 00 00 41 bc 10 27 00 00 4c 0f 4d e6 4c 8d b7 e0 0d 00 00 4d 89 f7 49 c1 ef 03 43 0f b6 04 2f 84 c0 0f 85 83 01 00 00 41 8b 2e <85> ed 74 46 83 cd 04 43 0f b6 04 2f 84 c0 0f 85 8a 01 00 00 89 ab
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a08a90 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880b873b080 RCX: 0000000000000392
RDX: 00000000000000da RSI: 000000000017eda4 RDI: ffff8880b873b080
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff902f890f R09: 1ffffffff205f121
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff205f122 R12: 000000000017eda4
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b873be60 R15: 1ffff110170e77cc
FS:  00007f8ac9dd86c0(0000) GS:ffff8881253b9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f775c7ec4b8 CR3: 0000000022337000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 enqueue_task+0x75/0x410 kernel/sched/core.c:2165
 activate_task kernel/sched/core.c:2205 [inline]
 ttwu_do_activate+0x1c8/0x650 kernel/sched/core.c:3725
 ttwu_queue kernel/sched/core.c:3978 [inline]
 try_to_wake_up+0x70e/0x1330 kernel/sched/core.c:4302
 autoremove_wake_function+0x17/0x100 kernel/sched/wait.c:403
 __wake_up_common kernel/sched/wait.c:108 [inline]
 __wake_up_common_lock+0x13a/0x1f0 kernel/sched/wait.c:125
 irq_work_single+0xe0/0x240 kernel/irq_work.c:221
 irq_work_run_list kernel/irq_work.c:252 [inline]
 irq_work_tick+0x238/0x2a0 kernel/irq_work.c:277
 update_process_times+0x263/0x2f0 kernel/time/timer.c:2478
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:298 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x3fb/0x730 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:319
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1930 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x371/0xa10 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1994
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x448/0x910 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2113
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x102/0x430 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1067
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa1/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:console_trylock_spinning kernel/printk/printk.c:2039 [inline]
RIP: 0010:vprintk_emit+0x45d/0x560 kernel/printk/printk.c:2478
Code: 0f 84 44 ff ff ff e8 72 17 21 00 fb eb 44 e8 6a 17 21 00 e8 45 1c fe 09 4d 85 f6 74 94 e8 5b 17 21 00 fb 48 c7 c7 00 ed 94 8e <31> f6 ba 01 00 00 00 31 c9 41 b8 01 00 00 00 45 31 c9 53 e8 6b 19
RSP: 0018:ffffc900035cee40 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff81a428d5 RBX: ffffffff81a4274f RCX: ffff888076f21f00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8e94ed00
RBP: ffffc900035ceef0 R08: ffffffff902f88f7 R09: 1ffffffff205f11e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff205f11f R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000040 R14: 0000000000000200 R15: 1ffff920006b9dcc
 _printk+0xdd/0x130 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 __nilfs_msg+0x373/0x450 fs/nilfs2/super.c:78
 nilfs_sufile_updatev+0x21c/0x6d0 fs/nilfs2/sufile.c:186
 nilfs_sufile_freev fs/nilfs2/sufile.h:93 [inline]
 nilfs_free_segments fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1140 [inline]
 nilfs_segctor_collect_blocks fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1261 [inline]
 nilfs_segctor_collect fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1547 [inline]
 nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x20dd/0x7bb0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2122
 nilfs_segctor_construct+0x170/0x690 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2462
 nilfs_clean_segments+0x3ac/0xa50 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2536
 nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:922 [inline]
 nilfs_ioctl+0x2619/0x2780 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1352
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8ac8f9ce59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f8ac9dd8028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8ac9216090 RCX: 00007f8ac8f9ce59
RDX: 0000200000000640 RSI: 0000000040786e88 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f8ac9032d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8ac9216128 R14: 00007f8ac9216090 R15: 00007ffd4ee3dc58
 </TASK>

Crashes (18):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/13 14:02 upstream 062871f1371b 1d2f3589 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/16 06:48 upstream 0e0611827f33 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/13 09:37 upstream 062871f1371b 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/10 10:11 upstream 685441a6d3f1 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/09 02:09 upstream 4549871118cf 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/08 20:32 upstream 4549871118cf 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/07 04:21 upstream 8e65320d91cd cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/07 04:09 upstream 8e65320d91cd cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/07 02:11 upstream 8e65320d91cd cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/06 00:09 upstream ddd664bbff63 48b6c3fa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/04 13:30 upstream ba3e43a9e601 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/03 18:48 upstream ba3e43a9e601 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/03 09:09 upstream ba3e43a9e601 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/02 17:45 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/06/01 20:22 upstream e43ffb69e043 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/05/31 20:55 upstream 174914ea5513 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/05/09 19:07 upstream 70390501d194 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
2026/05/30 11:40 linux-next f7af91adc230 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nilfs_segctor_thread
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.