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INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/08/12 12:28
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+894cac40ce97c83618bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 676d, last: 5d13h
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close 0 (1) 2024/08/12 12:28
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close 1 6 619d 669d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/23 16:14
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close 1 1 95d 95d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/12/21 08:37
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in kcov_close 1 1 669d 669d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/03 09:36
upstream INFO: task hung in release_tty (3) serial 1 3 502d 568d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/07 03:06

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P20171/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=125269, q=3054 ncpus=2)
task:syz.0.4086      state:R  running task     stack:24352 pid:20171 tgid:20171 ppid:16392  task_flags:0x40044c flags:0x00080003
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5298 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6911
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7238
 irqentry_exit+0x599/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:239
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:orc_ip arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:81 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:103 [inline]
RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:238 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x513/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:510
Code: c1 e8 3f 48 01 c8 48 83 e0 fe 4c 8d 3c 45 00 00 00 00 49 01 ef 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 0f b6 04 08 <84> c0 75 27 49 63 07 4c 01 f8 49 8d 4f 04 4c 39 e0 48 0f 46 e9 49
RSP: 0018:ffffc900056df4f8 EFLAGS: 00000a07
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff9029f520 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: ffffffff9029f500 RSI: ffffffff90a60ff2 RDI: ffffffff8c27c1a0
RBP: ffffffff9029f51c R08: 0000000000000009 R09: ffffffff8e75e520
R10: ffffc900056df628 R11: fffff52000adbed1 R12: ffffffff8176a786
R13: ffffffff9029f518 R14: ffffc900056df628 R15: ffffffff9029f51c
 __unwind_start+0x5b8/0x760 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:773
 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline]
 arch_stack_walk+0xe3/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x122/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:165
 __reset_page_owner+0x71/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:320
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1433 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xc2b/0xdb0 mm/page_alloc.c:2978
 vfree+0x25a/0x400 mm/vmalloc.c:3479
 kcov_put kernel/kcov.c:442 [inline]
 kcov_close+0x28/0x50 kernel/kcov.c:543
 __fput+0x44f/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:469
 task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]
 do_exit+0x70f/0x23c0 kernel/exit.c:976
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1118
 get_signal+0x1284/0x1330 kernel/signal.c:3034
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xbc/0x830 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:64 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x86/0x480 kernel/entry/common.c:98
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:325 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x32d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fab42d9c799
RSP: 002b:00007fab4313fba8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fab43017da0 RCX: 00007fab42d9c799
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fab43017da0 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007fab43017cb0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000000bdf4b
R13: 00007fab4301627c R14: 00000000000bde43 R15: 00007fab43016270
 </TASK>

Crashes (185):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/21 05:54 upstream c612261bedd6 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/03/18 09:00 upstream f0caa1d49cc0 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/03/13 23:17 upstream b36eb6e3f5d8 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/24 16:44 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/23 08:40 upstream aaf96df9593b 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/18 03:00 upstream d295082ea672 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/16 11:23 upstream 0f2acd3148e0 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/16 01:38 upstream bb7a3fc2c976 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/14 16:20 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/12 13:12 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/10 21:18 upstream 72c395024dac 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/07 10:02 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/01/29 22:07 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/01/24 11:29 upstream 62085877ae65 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/01/07 08:52 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/01/06 04:32 upstream 7f98ab9da046 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/01/04 15:58 upstream aacb0a6d604a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/23 06:42 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/21 18:18 upstream 9094662f6707 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/21 08:23 upstream 9094662f6707 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/17 13:23 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/15 12:44 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/15 07:13 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/09 06:03 upstream a110f942672c d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/02 19:05 upstream 4a26e7032d7d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/28 06:51 upstream aa7243aaf194 e8331348 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/27 08:07 upstream 4941a17751c9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/25 02:46 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/24 16:34 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/01 06:23 upstream 58fdd8484c05 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/31 10:23 upstream d127176862a9 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/29 17:49 upstream e53642b87a4f fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/27 06:45 upstream dbfc6422a34d c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/23 19:12 upstream 43e9ad0c55a3 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/17 01:14 upstream 98ac9cc4b445 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/08 04:11 upstream 971199ad2a0f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/04 15:41 upstream cbf33b8e0b36 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/03 08:13 upstream e406d57be7bd 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/02 18:57 upstream 7f7072574127 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/09/30 04:06 upstream 1896ce8eb6c6 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/09/28 02:41 upstream 51a24b7deaae 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/09/21 05:02 upstream 3b08f56fbbb9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/07/17 08:56 upstream e2291551827f 44f8051e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2024/08/08 12:18 upstream 6a0e38264012 de12cf65 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2024/07/23 15:26 upstream 66ebbdfdeb09 708c10c4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/02/13 16:21 upstream cee73b1e840c 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/01/19 18:48 upstream 24d479d26b25 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/23 22:16 upstream d13f3ac64efb 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/11/20 15:38 upstream 23cb64fb7625 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2026/03/13 12:07 net e5b31d988a41 2f7f359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/07/19 08:21 net 96e056ffba91 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/01/16 17:21 net-next 9eb8069d9940 968edaf4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/12/30 10:52 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 kcov_close
2025/12/17 21:33 linux-next 12b95d29eb97 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/15 10:48 linux-next 13863a59e410 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/10/04 18:43 linux-next 47a8d4b89844 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/08/10 08:33 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2024/10/10 23:19 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing 4a9fe2a8ac53 8fbfc0c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2024/07/17 15:49 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c912bf709078 03114f55 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in kcov_close
2025/05/02 20:39 bpf-next f263336a41da b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce BUG: soft lockup in kcov_close
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.