INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 05:35
Reported-by: syzbot+494addb4f827ffe92f4f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 52d, last: 12h29m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle origin:upstream 1 syz, C 8 4d10h 51d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 16:53
upstream INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle block 1 11 556d 734d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/17 16:47
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle 1 syz, C 3 16d 34d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/23 14:30
upstream INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle (2) prio:high block 1 syz, C 162 6h34m 48d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/08 20:07
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle origin:upstream 1 syz, C 11 18d 47d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/10 12:40

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:2:31 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:2    state:D stack:20504 pid:31    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 rq_qos_wait+0x22b/0x360 block/blk-rq-qos.c:282
 __wbt_wait block/blk-wbt.c:595 [inline]
 wbt_wait+0x34a/0x580 block/blk-wbt.c:659
 __rq_qos_throttle+0x65/0xb0 block/blk-rq-qos.c:66
 rq_qos_throttle block/blk-rq-qos.h:151 [inline]
 blk_mq_get_new_requests block/blk-mq.c:2955 [inline]
 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x8fb/0x2220 block/blk-mq.c:3056
 __submit_bio+0x12b/0x260 block/blk-core.c:610
 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:689 [inline]
 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x742/0x9c0 block/blk-core.c:718
 ext4_io_submit+0xdc/0x140 fs/ext4/page-io.c:389
 ext4_do_writepages+0x2864/0x3990 fs/ext4/inode.c:2753
 ext4_writepages+0x1dd/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2822
 do_writepages+0x351/0x590 mm/page-writeback.c:2575
 __writeback_single_inode+0x14e/0xee0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1686
 writeback_sb_inodes+0x813/0x1020 fs/fs-writeback.c:1977
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x114/0x240 fs/fs-writeback.c:2048
 wb_writeback+0x472/0xbe0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2158
 wb_check_old_data_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2262 [inline]
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2315 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0xad7/0xe60 fs/fs-writeback.c:2343
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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>
INFO: task syz.0.205:6156 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.205       state:D stack:27560 pid:6156  ppid:5923   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x5c9/0xe00 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1096
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x10c/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1231
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x208/0x6d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x205/0x2a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5945
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13f/0x720 fs/ext4/inode.c:6129
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xcb/0x110 fs/ext4/inode.c:6166
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2cc/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2522
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1981 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1994 [inline]
 __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2180 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x187/0x1a0 fs/inode.c:2210
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1f9/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6284
 do_page_mkwrite+0x153/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:2951
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4717 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4779 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3689 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1a2c/0x4a50 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x736/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7f445006baa3
RSP: 002b:00007ffd48c2f480 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000003fde8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000001b2ed24000 RSI: 0000000000040000 RDI: 00007f44503e0708
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd48c2f710
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/29:
 #0: ffffffff8d1320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d1320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d1320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6635
4 locks held by kworker/u4:2/31:
 #0: ffff88801d654138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801d654138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc90000a7fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000a7fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffff88814dd360e0 (&type->s_umount_key#31){++++}-{3:3}, at: super_trylock_shared+0x20/0xf0 fs/super.c:607
 #3: ffff88814dd38c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1768 [inline]
 #3: ffff88814dd38c58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x1a4/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2821
5 locks held by kworker/u4:11/3540:
2 locks held by getty/5528:
 #0: ffff88802d21c0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900032832f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
3 locks held by syz.0.205/6156:
 #0: ffff888017c6f3a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017c6f3a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017c6f3a0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff88814dd36510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dd36510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814dd36510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
 #2: ffff88814dd3a990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
2 locks held by syz-executor/6157:
 #0: ffff88814dd36418 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:412
 #1: ffff888076e22c10 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:839 [inline]
 #1: ffff888076e22c10 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20f/0x450 fs/namei.c:3937

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 29 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+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a6/0x3e0 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+0xf59/0xfa0 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 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 3460 Comm: kworker/u4:10 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x168d/0x2990 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:-1
Code: ef e8 d7 4d a4 00 4c 89 7d 00 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 42 0f b6 04 3b 84 c0 0f 85 d7 10 00 00 41 c6 06 00 48 8b 5c 24 20 <4c> 8b 74 24 40 48 8b 44 24 50 42 0f b6 04 38 84 c0 0f 85 58 0e 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ca1ed78 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffc9000ca1ee98 RBX: ffffffff8f137cc8 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc9000ca1eea8
RBP: ffffc9000ca1ee98 R08: ffffc9000ca1eea7 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc9000ca1ee98 R11: fffff52001943dd5 R12: ffffc9000ca1eee0
R13: ffffc9000ca1ee48 R14: ffffffff81dfeb7e R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055923fa1f168 CR3: 000000000cf32000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xba/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3843
 ieee80211_inform_bss+0xb33/0xfd0 net/mac80211/scan.c:160
 rdev_inform_bss+0x106/0x410 net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:418
 cfg80211_inform_single_bss_frame_data net/wireless/scan.c:2989 [inline]
 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data+0xb22/0x1330 net/wireless/scan.c:3016
 ieee80211_bss_info_update+0x789/0x9f0 net/mac80211/scan.c:211
 ieee80211_rx_bss_info net/mac80211/ibss.c:1124 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_beacon net/mac80211/ibss.c:1613 [inline]
 ieee80211_ibss_rx_queued_mgmt+0x18f5/0x2dc0 net/mac80211/ibss.c:1642
 ieee80211_iface_process_skb net/mac80211/iface.c:1661 [inline]
 ieee80211_iface_work+0x730/0xc90 net/mac80211/iface.c:1715
 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x228/0x260 net/wireless/core.c:437
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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 (35):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/16 22:18 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 12a0a44a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/10 09:03 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/08 12:07 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 680aa3e1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/08/23 12:34 linux-6.6.y c610b395b0a5 1e72964b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/26 04:17 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/24 16:29 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 3c3cdf19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/24 04:16 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 0281b448 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/24 04:00 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 0281b448 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/22 22:23 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 5207b90e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/22 07:22 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/17 01:14 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/14 16:33 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/14 15:59 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/11 12:49 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/11 12:40 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/11 12:40 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/10 12:38 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/10 12:38 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/10 12:01 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/09 06:18 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/09 06:18 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/09 06:18 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/08 17:46 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 243b72f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/08 17:46 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 243b72f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/07 13:36 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/07 13:24 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/07 13:24 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/05 00:45 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/05 00:19 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/04 11:23 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f f65209a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/04 11:23 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f f65209a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/03 22:22 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/09/03 22:22 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/08/06 21:59 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
2026/08/05 05:34 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __rq_qos_throttle
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.