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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/05 18:14
Reported-by: syzbot+750ad6e3a9f8a2f1a88a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 166d, last: 10d
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat 1 2 515d 553d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/02 02:09
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat 1 1 895d 895d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/15 18:20
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat ext4 net 1 3 1105d 1221d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/11 04:05
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat (2) mm 1 44 289d 490d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/13 21:11
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat (2) 1 1 417d 417d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/08 06:38
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_mkdirat 1 8 684d 736d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/03 20:00

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=8c9/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=19748/19749 fqs=5239 
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=26029, q=2241)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 8808 Comm: syz.3.1180 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:check_preemption_disabled+0x42/0x110 lib/smp_processor_id.c:55
Code: 65 8b 05 59 9c 45 76 65 8b 0d c2 f6 45 76 f7 c1 ff ff ff 7f 74 1f 65 48 8b 0c 25 28 00 00 00 48 3b 4c 24 08 0f 85 c4 00 00 00 <48> 83 c4 10 5b 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007450 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc900000074d8 RCX: eec1e99666f1db00
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: ffffffff8a79f960 RDI: ffffffff8a79f920
RBP: 0000000000010000 R08: ffffffff8d89e36f R09: 1ffffffff1b13c6d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1b13c6e R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88801a5b8000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007fb4b062a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fd05db9cee7 CR3: 000000002166c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000200000000300
DR3: 0000200000000300 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 irqtime_account_irq+0x14/0x1b0 kernel/sched/cputime.c:52
 instr_sysvec_irq_work arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:17 [inline]
 sysvec_irq_work+0x45/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:17
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:713
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
Code: eb 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 42 c7 44 2b 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 65 44 8b 35 12 f2 9c 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007580 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: eec1e99666f1db00 RBX: 1ffff92000000eb4 RCX: eec1e99666f1db00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2780 RDI: ffffffff8a79f980
RBP: ffffc90000007660 R08: ffffffff901d40cf R09: 1ffffffff203a819
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a81a R12: ffffffff8c322f00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x24f/0x270 kernel/bpf/core.c:727
 kernel_text_address kernel/extable.c:151 [inline]
 __kernel_text_address+0x9a/0x100 kernel/extable.c:105
 unwind_get_return_address+0x49/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
 arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xea/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x8f/0x210 mm/slub.c:3520
 dst_destroy+0x20e/0x2e0 net/core/dst.c:120
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2523 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x9d2/0x1670 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2763
 handle_softirqs+0x339/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:finish_lock_switch+0x134/0x280 kernel/sched/core.c:4804
Code: be ff ff ff ff e8 6c 01 68 08 85 c0 74 4a 4d 85 ff 75 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 df e8 16 6d 71 08 e8 f1 e2 2a 00 fb 48 83 c4 08 <5b> 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 89 df e8 c9 09 fe ff 43 80 3c
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000354f268 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: eec1e99666f1db00 RBX: ffff8880b903a340 RCX: eec1e99666f1db00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2780 RDI: ffffffff8a79f980
RBP: 1ffff11017207613 R08: ffffffff901d40cf R09: 1ffffffff203a819
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a81a R12: 1ffff110172075c1
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b903ae08 R15: 0000000000000000
 finish_task_switch+0x12f/0x640 kernel/sched/core.c:4921
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5052 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11f7/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x208/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5627
Code: f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 3d 04 f8 0f 85 f1 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3d 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000354f640 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: eec1e99666f1db00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3a20 RDI: ffffffff8a79f980
RBP: ffffc9000354f748 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff203a819
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a81a R12: ffffffff8c44fa10
R13: 1ffff920006a9ed4 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
 kernfs_add_one+0x52/0x6c0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:747
 __kernfs_create_file+0x233/0x2e0 fs/kernfs/file.c:1014
 cgroup_add_file kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:4090 [inline]
 cgroup_addrm_files+0xac5/0x1020 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:4152
 css_populate_dir+0x12d/0x2f0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:1744
 cgroup_apply_control_enable+0x636/0xb00 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3220
 cgroup_mkdir+0xcc0/0xec0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5608
 kernfs_iop_mkdir+0x24c/0x3d0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1175
 vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4073
 do_mkdirat+0x1df/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:4098
 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4113 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4111 [inline]
 __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4111
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fb4b23d0819
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:00007fb4b062a028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000102
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb4b2649fa0 RCX: 00007fb4b23d0819
RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fb4b2466c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb4b264a038 R14: 00007fb4b2649fa0 R15: 00007ffd73759fb8
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/11 06:58 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat
2026/01/09 12:00 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat
2025/12/31 19:52 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat
2025/12/25 19:32 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat
2025/11/05 18:14 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_mkdirat
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.