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INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (7)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/09 08:24
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+8926d1b522e7194a4b3e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 451d, last: 13d
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (7) 0 (2) 2025/09/01 01:14
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (3) cgroups mm 1 11 2200d 2201d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (2) origin:lts-only 1 C inconclusive 2 21d 136d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/02 23:57
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (2) kernel 1 2 2201d 2201d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (4) kernel 1 1 906d 906d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/09/01 06:44
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout 1 28 574d 639d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/31 04:44
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (5) kernel 1 2 811d 846d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/26 16:31
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout cgroups mm 1 69 2235d 2237d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (6) usb 1 C done 40 453d 610d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:57
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout origin:upstream 1 C inconclusive 12 38d 604d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/22 14:45
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout origin:upstream 1 C 5 1d07h 73d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/04 19:17
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/10/21 15:32 23m retest repro linux-next OK log
2025/10/07 10:16 28m retest repro linux-next OK log
2025/10/07 10:16 26m retest repro linux-next report log
2025/10/07 10:16 31m retest repro linux-next OK log
2025/10/07 10:16 51m retest repro net-next report log
2025/10/07 10:16 35m retest repro linux-next OK log
2025/08/16 12:35 22m retest repro upstream OK log
2025/04/23 05:19 1h04m retest repro upstream OK log
2025/04/23 05:19 46m retest repro upstream report log
2025/02/03 20:53 24m retest repro upstream report log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=13485, q=660 ncpus=2)
rcu: All QSes seen, last rcu_preempt kthread activity 10496 (4294968502-4294958006), jiffies_till_next_fqs=1, root ->qsmask 0x0
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10497 jiffies! g13485 f0x2 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=1
rcu: 	Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
task:rcu_preempt     state:R  running task     stack:29112 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x51/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7190
 irqentry_exit+0x1d8/0x8c0 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:timer_destroy_on_stack+0x4/0x20 kernel/time/timer.c:822
Code: 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 db f0 d0 09 e8 d6 bd cd 09 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <53> 48 89 fb e8 13 b1 14 00 48 89 df 48 c7 c6 00 6c 90 8b 5b e9 d3
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000157b30 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000ffffdbb7 RCX: ffffffff81aa42df
RDX: ffff88801daa8000 RSI: ffffffff81aa42e8 RDI: ffffc90000157b58
RBP: 1ffff9200002af67 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88801daa8b30 R12: ffffc90000157b58
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 1ffffffff1c02250 R15: 0000000000000001
 schedule_timeout+0x133/0x290 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:103
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1ea/0xaf0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x26d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6500 Comm: syz.6.105 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:183 [inline]
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data+0x11/0x90 kernel/kcov.c:246
Code: bc 09 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 49 89 d2 49 89 f8 49 89 f1 65 48 8b 15 27 c3 f3 11 <65> 8b 05 38 c3 f3 11 a9 00 01 ff 00 74 1d f6 c4 01 74 67 a9 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900035c7ee0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff8185d372
RDX: ffff888033fb24c0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888033fb2ff0 R12: ffff888033fb24c0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007fbb4bf0e6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881249f6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000000058 CR3: 0000000075d6f000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:868 [inline]
 __task_pid_nr_ns+0x232/0x500 kernel/pid.c:515
 task_tgid_vnr include/linux/pid.h:298 [inline]
 __do_sys_getpid+0x1d/0x30 kernel/sys.c:1001
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fbb4af865e7
Code: 0b e9 68 fe ff ff 48 83 c4 18 48 8d 3d b2 62 d9 00 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 23 f8 fb ff 0f 1f 00 b8 27 00 00 00 0f 05 <c3> 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 6e 00 00 00 0f 05 c3 0f 1f 84 00 00
RSP: 002b:00007fbb4bf0d3c8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000027
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbb4bf0d530 RCX: 00007fbb4af865e7
RDX: 00007fbb4bf0d400 RSI: 00007fbb4bf0d530 RDI: 0000000000000021
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbb4b1e6038 R14: 00007ffd4618b4e0 R15: 00007ffd4618b5c8
 </TASK>

Crashes (36):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/15 19:10 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/08 13:35 net-next c6142e1913de d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/12/15 14:47 linux-next 4a5663c04bb6 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/12/06 12:28 linux-next 6987d58a9cbc d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/14 11:38 linux-next 590b221ed425 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2026/01/03 19:36 upstream 805f9a061372 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/12/20 17:00 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/13 14:27 upstream 22f20375f5b7 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/08/30 00:03 upstream fb679c832b64 3e1beec6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/08/16 14:04 upstream dfd4b508c8c6 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/07/07 18:06 upstream d7b8f8e20813 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/05/05 11:26 upstream 92a09c47464d b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/04/09 04:59 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/03/05 16:23 upstream 48a5eed9ad58 60f5d8d9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/02/28 05:07 upstream 1e15510b71c9 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/02/21 12:54 upstream 27eddbf34490 0808a665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/02/09 12:23 upstream 9946eaf552b1 ef44b750 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/02/06 06:41 upstream 92514ef226f5 577d049b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/01/20 19:45 upstream ffd294d346d1 6e87cfa2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/01/17 21:40 upstream 9bffa1ad25b8 953d1c45 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/01/17 14:57 upstream 9bffa1ad25b8 953d1c45 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/01/07 05:57 upstream fbfd64d25c7a f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/01/02 14:55 upstream 56e6a3499e14 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2024/12/25 00:39 upstream 9b2ffa6148b1 444551c4 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2024/12/16 14:46 upstream 78d4f34e2115 f93b2b55 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2024/11/05 08:01 upstream 557329bcecc2 509da429 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2024/10/22 14:24 upstream c2ee9f594da8 9d74f456 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/10/22 08:28 upstream 552c50713f27 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/05/05 00:01 upstream e8ab83e34bdc b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/12/23 07:40 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/23 06:33 linux-next 846bd2225ec3 0ac7291c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/01 12:21 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/01 03:40 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/09/01 01:14 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2025/08/31 18:05 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
2024/10/26 16:52 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing c6d9e43954bf 65e8686b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.