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INFO: task hung in evict

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/01/27 18:40
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+225be6e3832c203b8460@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 349d, last: 14h33m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/03/24 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 344a09659766 C [report] INFO: task hung in evict
2025/03/24 upstream (ToT) b0cb56cbbdb4 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in evict origin:upstream 1 C 72 16h16m 188d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/07 18:12
upstream INFO: task hung in evict (2) squashfs 1 C done 2231 2h39m 697d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/02/14 14:00
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in evict origin:lts-only 1 C done 221 2d13h 349d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/01/27 17:28
upstream INFO: task hung in evict ext4 1 1 1298d 1298d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/22 02:36
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/05/07 20:07 4h12m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor:4389 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:4389  ppid:1      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
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8797
 folio_wait_bit_common+0x6e1/0xf60 mm/filemap.c:1324
 __filemap_get_folio+0x406/0xdd0 mm/filemap.c:1959
 truncate_inode_pages_range+0x3a6/0xff0 mm/truncate.c:402
 evict+0x498/0x870 fs/inode.c:707
 dispose_list fs/inode.c:738 [inline]
 evict_inodes+0x604/0x690 fs/inode.c:792
 generic_shutdown_super+0x93/0x340 fs/super.c:480
 kill_block_super+0x7c/0xe0 fs/super.c:1470
 deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:332
 cleanup_mnt+0x463/0x4f0 fs/namespace.c:1191
 task_work_run+0x1ca/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 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: 0033:0x7f979ed90a77
RSP: 002b:00007fff4d132438 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f979ee13d7d RCX: 00007f979ed90a77
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007fff4d1324f0
RBP: 00007fff4d1324f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff4d133580
R13: 00007f979ee13d7d R14: 0000000000021bd1 R15: 00007fff4d1335c0
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8c92bab0 (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: ffffffff8c92c2d0 (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/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
2 locks held by kworker/u4:4/65:
 #0: ffff8880b8e3aad8 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:537
 #1: ffff8880b8e27848 (&per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu)->seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x312/0x6d0 kernel/sched/psi.c:987
2 locks held by getty/4032:
 #0: ffff8880301f7098 (&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
1 lock held by syz-executor/4389:
 #0: ffff888079b8c0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4440:
 #0: ffff88805c4ea0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4467:
 #0: ffff88807aaa00e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4488:
 #0: ffff888023ffc0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4508:
 #0: ffff888026a0e0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4542:
 #0: ffff88807e3060e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4569:
 #0: ffff888058b320e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
1 lock held by syz-executor/4596:
 #0: ffff88814330c0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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: 9 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:kfence_alloc include/linux/kfence.h:126 [inline]
RIP: 0010:slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3283 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1df/0x260 mm/slub.c:3398
Code: c0 74 0a 4c 89 7c 24 10 e9 37 ff ff ff e8 d9 3f 30 ff eb ef e8 62 2b 40 08 48 c7 c7 70 95 a1 8c 4c 89 fe e8 c3 78 5e 02 eb a2 <83> 3d ca 66 d1 0a 00 0f 85 78 fe ff ff 4c 89 f7 48 8b 34 24 89 ea
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000e7a58 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: ffff888017442140 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000001000 RDI: ffffffff8ca1c320
RBP: 0000000000082a20 R08: 0000000000082a20 R09: ffff88802748ca00
R10: 000000004405f5ed R11: 1ffff9200001cedb R12: ffffffff8602c74f
R13: 00000000ffffffff R14: ffff888017442140 R15: 0000000000001000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000563b7e812168 CR3: 00000000274cb000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:935 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x9e/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:956
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:446 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x22a/0x7e0 net/core/skbuff.c:515
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1271 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:748 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:805 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x28f/0xaf0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (1214):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/05 05:30 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/27 05:31 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/09/17 23:36 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/07/06 07:25 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 4f67c4ae .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/22 07:07 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/22 04:36 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/22 02:08 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/21 23:45 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/21 20:02 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/20 02:57 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/20 00:46 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/06/19 19:04 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/05/10 05:01 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d 77908e5f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/01/28 11:39 linux-6.1.y 75cefdf153f5 18070896 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/11 18:00 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/11 16:08 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/11 08:28 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/10 13:49 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/07 20:59 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/07 14:11 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/06 13:00 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/05 18:18 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/04 20:13 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/02 06:20 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/02 03:02 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2026/01/02 01:21 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/30 18:30 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/30 10:45 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/30 05:40 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/29 14:06 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/29 10:45 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/28 21:09 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/28 07:22 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/28 04:22 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/27 02:08 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/26 20:06 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/26 16:53 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/26 12:52 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/25 04:51 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/24 10:29 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/24 06:03 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/24 01:58 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/23 16:03 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/21 06:17 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/18 10:11 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/17 23:12 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/16 09:58 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/16 03:46 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/15 06:35 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/15 04:32 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/15 00:22 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/14 05:15 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/13 01:52 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/10 04:50 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/06 22:55 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/06 03:08 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/12/04 23:37 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
2025/01/27 18:39 linux-6.1.y 75cefdf153f5 d99a33ad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in evict
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.