INFO: task hung in shmem_swapin_folio

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/06 00:22
Reported-by: syzbot+3fa11958a78f11c4fbc6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 14d, last: 14d
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in shmem_swapin_folio 1 1 5d19h 5d19h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/15 02:27

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.7.871:7828 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.7.871       state:D stack:24976 pid:7828  ppid:6157   flags:0x00004006
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8799
 folio_wait_bit_common+0x877/0xfa0 mm/filemap.c:1324
 folio_wait_writeback+0xe3/0x1f0 mm/page-writeback.c:3058
 shmem_swapin_folio+0xe09/0x1600 mm/shmem.c:1796
 shmem_get_folio_gfp+0x3f7/0x35e0 mm/shmem.c:1892
 shmem_fault+0x1b6/0x790 mm/shmem.c:2156
 __do_fault+0x13b/0x4e0 mm/memory.c:4278
 do_read_fault mm/memory.c:4629 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4758 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5029 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5171 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x2610/0x3d40 mm/memory.c:5292
 do_user_addr_fault+0x58e/0xb20 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1338
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1429 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1482
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0010:do_strncpy_from_user lib/strncpy_from_user.c:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:strncpy_from_user+0x148/0x340 lib/strncpy_from_user.c:139
Code: 00 00 00 4c 89 e6 e8 77 2d 45 fd 49 83 fc 07 0f 86 9a 00 00 00 4c 89 74 24 08 48 c7 44 24 10 f8 ff ff ff 45 31 ed 4c 89 3c 24 <4f> 8b 3c 2f 48 b8 ff fe fe fe fe fe fe fe 49 8d 2c 07 4d 89 fe 49
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004cdfd90 EFLAGS: 00050246
RAX: ffffffff843d0489 RBX: ffff888065aa4420 RCX: ffff88807d969e00
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000fe0 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffea000196a807 R09: 1ffffd400032d500
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff9400032d501 R12: 0000000000000fe0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000fe0 R15: 0000200000000000
 getname_flags+0xf2/0x500 fs/namei.c:150
 user_path_at_empty+0x28/0x60 fs/namei.c:2912
 user_path_at include/linux/namei.h:57 [inline]
 path_listxattr+0xac/0x1b0 fs/xattr.c:825
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f6cf119e0d9
RSP: 002b:00007f6cf1fac028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000c3
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6cf1425fa0 RCX: 00007f6cf119e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000000
RBP: 00007f6cf1235024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6cf1426038 R14: 00007f6cf1425fa0 R15: 00007ffe28fbe8a8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e4f0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2ed10 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6527
1 lock held by klogd/3628:
 #0: ffff8880b8f3ad18 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x25/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:538
2 locks held by getty/4030:
 #0: ffff88802fc9e098 (&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+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by syz-executor/4259:
 #0: ffff88801dbd97d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801dbd97d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801dbd97d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1995 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6273
 #2: ffff88814decc990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x2014/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:463
1 lock held by syz.7.871/7828:
 #0: ffff88807e0bf958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807e0bf958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807e0bf958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
3 locks held by syz.8.891/7878:
 #0: ffff88807c3f53d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f53d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f53d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1995 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6273
 #2: ffff88814decc990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x2014/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:463
3 locks held by syz.3.890/7879:
 #0: ffff88807c3f6a58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f6a58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f6a58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1995 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6273
 #2: ffff88814decc990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x2014/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:463
3 locks held by syz.6.892/7880:
 #0: ffff88807c3f44d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f44d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f44d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1995 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6273
 #2: ffff88814decc990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x2014/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:463
3 locks held by syz.5.893/7882:
 #0: ffff88807c3f0158 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f0158 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c3f0158 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1995 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dec8558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6273
 #2: ffff88814decc990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x2014/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:463

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 28 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 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+0xf0e/0xf50 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 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 3628 Comm: klogd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
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_const_cmp8+0xc/0x80 kernel/kcov.c:320
Code: c0 4c 89 01 48 c7 44 11 08 05 00 00 00 48 89 7c 11 10 48 89 74 11 18 48 89 44 11 20 c3 90 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d 34 3d 80 7e <65> 8b 15 35 3d 80 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75
RSP: 0018:ffffc900032676f8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: ffffffff8a213871 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807ca79e00
RDX: ffff88807ca79e00 RSI: 00000a0000000000 RDI: 00000a0000000000
RBP: ffffc90003267820 R08: ffff88807ca79e00 R09: 0000000000000012
R10: 0000000000000012 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000a0000000000
R13: 00000000ffff0a00 R14: ffffc90003267a01 R15: ffff0a00ffffff0f
FS:  00007fd037bddc80(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055a6b069a168 CR3: 00000000307db000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000460
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 number+0xd1/0xef0 lib/vsprintf.c:461
 vsnprintf+0x12d3/0x1c20 lib/vsprintf.c:2871
 snprintf+0xe5/0x140 lib/vsprintf.c:2940
 print_caller kernel/printk/printk.c:1283 [inline]
 info_print_prefix+0x1fa/0x360 kernel/printk/printk.c:1302
 record_print_text+0x17e/0x4a0 kernel/printk/printk.c:1349
 syslog_print+0x3c7/0x630 kernel/printk/printk.c:1560
 do_syslog+0x817/0x900 kernel/printk/printk.c:1679
 __do_sys_syslog kernel/printk/printk.c:1771 [inline]
 __se_sys_syslog kernel/printk/printk.c:1769 [inline]
 __x64_sys_syslog+0x78/0x90 kernel/printk/printk.c:1769
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd037da7a37
Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d c1 f3 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 67 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 91 f3 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffcdfd3ae98 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000067
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd037f47490 RCX: 00007fd037da7a37
RDX: 00000000000003ff RSI: 00007fd037f47490 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000004000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007fd037f47490
R13: 00007fd037f24dfe R14: 00007fd037f474f3 R15: 00007fd037f474f3
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/06 00:21 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in shmem_swapin_folio
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.