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INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/10 04:01
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+7eac2a6cab60e614d24b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 18d, last: 13h06m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/17 linux-6.6.y (ToT) bb9c90ab9c5a C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/08/17 upstream (ToT) 99bade344cfa C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function perf 1 C 107 1601d 1856d 20/29 fixed on 2021/04/13 06:26
upstream BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function kernel 1 C done 1588 7h11m 1872d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/07/12 23:02
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function origin:upstream 1 C error 146 25d 894d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/18 00:36
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function missing-backport origin:lts-only 1 C error 263 10d 892d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/19 12:10
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function origin:upstream missing-backport 1 C inconclusive 262 2h39m 513d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/02 06:05
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function 1 C error 2 1094d 1223d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/04/23 05:26
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function 1 1 1391d 1391d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/03/05 18:04
android-6-12 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function 1 1 27d 27d 0/1 premoderation: reported on 2025/08/01 09:22
linux-4.14 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function 1 C 1 920d 1223d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/04/23 04:43
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function origin:upstream 1 C error inconclusive 943 44d 906d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/05 21:20
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function (2) 1 C 41 120d 578d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/01/28 03:58
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in smp_call_function 1 C error 126 4d16h 767d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/07/22 22:59
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function_single kernel 1 4 2623d 2662d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/07/20 09:38
android-49 INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function_single 1 1 2573d 2573d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/02/22 15:22
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function_single (2) kernel 1 3 2549d 2573d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/09/05 12:51

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-....: (0 ticks this GP) idle=ec14/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=47593/47594 fqs=5248
rcu: 	         hardirqs   softirqs   csw/system
rcu: 	 number: 10927641          0            0
rcu: 	cputime:     6202      46315            0   ==> 52500(ms)
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=45081, q=1459 ncpus=2)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 9257 Comm: syz.2.2784 Not tainted 6.6.102-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:memset_orig+0x75/0xac arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S:90
Code: 89 47 30 48 89 47 38 48 8d 7f 40 75 d8 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 89 d1 83 e1 38 74 14 c1 e9 03 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 ff c9 48 89 07 <48> 8d 7f 08 75 f5 83 e2 07 74 0a ff ca 88 07 48 8d 7f 01 75 f6 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007418 EFLAGS: 00000006
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000005
RDX: 0000000000000038 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90000007468
RBP: ffffc90000007528 R08: ffffc90000007497 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90000007460 R11: fffff52000000e93 R12: 1ffff92000000e88
R13: ffffc90000007460 R14: ffff888062361248 R15: ffffc90000007700
FS:  000055558b024500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000007fe47000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7964 [inline]
 perf_event_output_forward+0x215/0x3a0 kernel/events/core.c:7992
 __perf_event_overflow+0x447/0x630 kernel/events/core.c:9717
 perf_swevent_overflow kernel/events/core.c:9793 [inline]
 perf_swevent_event+0x2f5/0x5c0 kernel/events/core.c:-1
 perf_tp_event+0x4f9/0x13a0 kernel/events/core.c:10343
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf4/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10267
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x281/0x340 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
 trace_irq_enable+0xbf/0xe0 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x18/0x40 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:56
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:723
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x88/0x4c0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:682
Code: f1 f1 f1 00 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 66 42 c7 44 2b 09 f3 f3 42 c6 44 2b 0b f3 65 44 8b 35 39 58 93 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 45 <48> c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 66 42 c7 44 2b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007b00 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 54ba3bf715eb5800 RBX: 1ffff92000000f68 RCX: 54ba3bf715eb5800
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaab9c0 RDI: ffffffff8afc66c0
RBP: ffffc90000007bf0 R08: ffffffff90da360f R09: 1ffffffff21b46c1
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b46c2 R12: ffffffff8cd35400
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:818 [inline]
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x15a/0x180 net/mac80211/util.c:804
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xbb/0x1b0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:2295
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1755 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x51e/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1819
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x187/0x2b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1836
 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xc7/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:generic_exec_single+0x476/0x4f0 kernel/smp.c:418
Code: 75 11 e8 3d e6 0a 00 48 85 db 75 16 e8 33 e6 0a 00 eb 15 e8 2c e6 0a 00 e8 37 a3 f2 08 48 85 db 74 ea e8 1d e6 0a 00 fb 31 c0 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7 04 2c 00 00 00 00 66 43 c7 44 2c
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000da2fa00 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000200 RCX: ffff88807cf0bc00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc9000da2fad0 R08: ffffffff90da360f R09: 1ffffffff21b46c1
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b46c2 R12: 1ffff92001b45f44
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff92001b45f65
 smp_call_function_single+0x352/0x580 kernel/smp.c:647
 task_function_call kernel/events/core.c:120 [inline]
 perf_install_in_context+0x591/0x8e0 kernel/events/core.c:2948
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12914 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x17fa/0x1c20 kernel/events/core.c:12566
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f6f8538ebe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff12dbadc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6f855b5fa0 RCX: 00007f6f8538ebe9
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000140
RBP: 00007f6f85411e19 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6f855b5fa0 R14: 00007f6f855b5fa0 R15: 0000000000000005
 </TASK>

Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/16 16:04 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/26 00:20 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/23 05:06 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/22 22:16 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/18 14:17 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/12 01:16 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/10 11:42 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/10 09:08 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/10 07:11 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/10 04:00 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
2025/08/27 22:25 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in smp_call_function
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.