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INFO: task hung in flush_old_commits

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/09/17 20:43
Reported-by: syzbot+3d9612c74eb59c731268@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 25d, last: 25d
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in flush_old_commits origin:upstream missing-backport 1 C done 64 50d 923d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/04 05:08
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in flush_old_commits missing-backport origin:upstream 1 C done 152 14d 937d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/21 14:16
upstream INFO: task hung in flush_old_commits exfat 1 C done done 113 623d 874d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/23 04:32

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/0:5:5892 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:5     state:D stack:24808 pid:5892  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_long flush_old_commits
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5380 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6773
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6832
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x6b7/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 reiserfs_write_lock+0x79/0xd0 fs/reiserfs/lock.c:27
 reiserfs_sync_fs fs/reiserfs/super.c:76 [inline]
 flush_old_commits+0x1e2/0x2f0 fs/reiserfs/super.c:111
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa45/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:0/11:
2 locks held by kworker/1:1/27:
 #0: ffff888017872538 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017872538 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc90000a2fd00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000a2fd00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
1 lock held by khungtaskd/29:
 #0: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6633
2 locks held by kworker/u4:2/42:
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc90000b2fd00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b2fd00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
2 locks held by kworker/u4:3/48:
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc90000b8fd00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b8fd00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
2 locks held by kworker/u4:4/59:
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc900015a7d00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc900015a7d00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
2 locks held by kworker/u4:5/60:
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffff8880b8f289c0 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_sched_switch kernel/sched/stats.h:189 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880b8f289c0 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: __schedule+0x20ee/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6694
5 locks held by kworker/u4:7/1082:
 #0: ffff888017873938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017873938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc9000462fd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000462fd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #2: ffffffff8dfafad0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x136/0xb90 net/core/net_namespace.c:606
 #3: ffffffff8dfbc908 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: default_device_exit_batch+0xe9/0xa60 net/core/dev.c:11606
 #4: ffffffff8cd35df8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:292 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8cd35df8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x448/0x830 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:1004
3 locks held by kworker/u4:8/1091:
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017871538 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc9000454fd00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000454fd00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #2: ffffffff8dfbc908 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xe/0x60 net/core/link_watch.c:286
2 locks held by getty/5546:
 #0: ffff88803113a0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x425/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
3 locks held by kworker/1:4/5833:
 #0: ffff888017870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc9000470fd00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000470fd00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #2: ffffffff8dfbc908 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xe/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
4 locks held by kworker/0:5/5892:
 #0: ffff888017871138 ((wq_completion)events_long){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017871138 ((wq_completion)events_long){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc90002f47d00 ((work_completion)(&(&sbi->old_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90002f47d00 ((work_completion)(&(&sbi->old_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #2: ffff888079ea20e0 (&type->s_umount_key#26){++++}-{3:3}, at: flush_old_commits+0xcc/0x2f0 fs/reiserfs/super.c:97
 #3: ffff88802ffa1090 (&sbi->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: reiserfs_write_lock+0x79/0xd0 fs/reiserfs/lock.c:27
3 locks held by syz.0.110/6502:
1 lock held by syz.7.361/7881:
 #0: ffffffff8dfbc908 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3b9/0x1fd0 drivers/net/tun.c:3121
1 lock held by syz.7.361/7884:
 #0: ffffffff8dfbc908 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:78 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dfbc908 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x76f/0xf10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6472
2 locks held by syz.8.364/7893:
 #0: ffff8880572fb220 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880572fb220 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __sock_release net/socket.c:658 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880572fb220 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sock_close+0x9b/0x230 net/socket.c:1421
 #1: ffffffff8cd35df8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:324 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8cd35df8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x360/0x830 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:1004

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 29 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x39b/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x2f0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:222 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf41/0xf80 kernel/hung_task.c:379
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Workqueue: events free_obj_work
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:182 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x17/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:216
Code: 48 8b 3d dc 06 c5 0c 48 89 de 5b e9 73 7a 56 00 cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d b0 29 7e 7e 65 8b 15 b1 29 7e 7e <81> e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75 35 83 b9 1c 16 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a2f570 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff813aab13 RBX: ffffffff8ece8bfa RCX: ffff88801c643c00
RDX: 0000000080000001 RSI: ffffffff8cb9e760 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffffc90000a2f698 R08: ffff88801c643c00 R09: 0000000000000008
R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90000a2f648
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000005 R15: ffffffff8ece8bfe
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f48b95b6e9c CR3: 00000000257c6000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 unwind_next_frame+0x853/0x2970 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:517
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 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_save_free_info+0x2e/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:236
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1b0 mm/slub.c:1837
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x280 mm/slub.c:3852
 free_obj_work+0x414/0x580 lib/debugobjects.c:332
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa45/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/17 20:43 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in flush_old_commits
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.