INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (7)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/19 07:21
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+899fe9063fef5929bd90@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 566d, last: 4d12h
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (7) 0 (1) 2026/10/19 07:21
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (2) 1 1 2347d 2347d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/09/12 23:19
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (6) mm usb 1 16 659d 926d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/29 19:07
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 1 317d 317d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/15 21:38
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 1 393d 393d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/29 22:52
linux-4.14 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 syz, C error 4 1658d 1763d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/12/21 07:54
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (3) 1 syz, C error 17 1483d 2037d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/03/22 19:09
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (3) kernel 1 1 1422d 1422d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/02/09 20:53
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (2) 1 3 28d 168d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/05/04 04:53
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (5) serial 1 1 1094d 1094d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/19 06:34
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 1 2481d 2481d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/02 02:53
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (4) media 1 1 1197d 1197d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/08 11:46
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (2) serial 1 syz, C done inconclusive 55 1735d 2502d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:45
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open mm 1 4 2511d 2512d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in chrdev_open 1 1 1078d 1078d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/14 17:22
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in chrdev_open 1 1 841d 841d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/28 04:58

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P12985/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=76689, q=368 ncpus=2)
task:syz.0.1823      state:R  running task     stack:27232 pid:12985 tgid:12984 ppid:5600   task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5533 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1259/0x6920 kernel/sched/core.c:7284
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4e/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7606
 irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_preempt include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:468 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:539 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x205/0xa10 kernel/entry/common.c:167
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:674
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x17a/0x2090 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:510
Code: ea 03 0f b6 04 02 4c 89 f2 83 e2 07 38 d0 7f 08 84 c0 0f 85 24 0a 00 00 48 89 e9 41 0f b6 45 35 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <48> c1 e9 03 80 3c 11 00 0f 85 01 18 00 00 4d 8b 7d 48 3c 01 49 83
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000679f268 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffc9000679f320
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8c625500 RDI: ffffffff8e6af928
RBP: ffffc9000679f320 R08: 00000000c7ee03ff R09: 0000000000000007
R10: 0000000000000200 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffc9000679f328
R13: ffffc9000679f2d8 R14: ffffc9000679f30d R15: ffff88803569cb00
 arch_stack_walk+0x94/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:264 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:296
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2748 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6509 [inline]
 kfree+0x22b/0x6d0 mm/slub.c:6802
 apply_wqattrs_cleanup kernel/workqueue.c:5592 [inline]
 apply_workqueue_attrs_locked+0x96/0xe0 kernel/workqueue.c:5590
 alloc_and_link_pwqs kernel/workqueue.c:5731 [inline]
 __alloc_workqueue+0x9a7/0x1950 kernel/workqueue.c:5984
 alloc_workqueue_va kernel/workqueue.c:6033 [inline]
 alloc_workqueue_noprof+0xc7/0x130 kernel/workqueue.c:6049
 nci_register_device+0x394/0xb80 net/nfc/nci/core.c:1269
 virtual_ncidev_open+0x141/0x220 drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c:153
 misc_open+0x26d/0x450 drivers/char/misc.c:163
 chrdev_open+0x234/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:996
 vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1101
 do_open fs/namei.c:4866 [inline]
 path_openat+0x19fa/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5029
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5058
 do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1417
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1434
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f697c79e1d9
RSP: 002b:00007f697d6ac028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f697ca25fa0 RCX: 00007f697c79e1d9
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f697c835888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f697ca26038 R14: 00007f697ca25fa0 R15: 00007ffc729ea0a8
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10502 jiffies! g76689 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=R ->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:27560 pid:17    tgid:17    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5533 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1259/0x6920 kernel/sched/core.c:7284
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7361 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7376
 schedule_timeout+0x127/0x280 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1a9/0x8f0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2122
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x17a/0x220 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2330
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:64
Code: a7 96 02 e9 53 50 03 00 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 93 48 17 00 fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001a7e00 EFLAGS: 00000242
RAX: 0000000001ea4ae3 RBX: ffff888020684b00 RCX: ffffffff8bd47235
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8e3e3486 RDI: ffffffff8c625580
RBP: ffffed10040d0960 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170667bd
R10: ffff8880b8333deb R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 1ffff92000034fc4 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888122a46000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f38c4787800 CR3: 0000000036854000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:62 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:768
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x3ae/0x5b0 kernel/sched/idle.c:355
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:454
 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x158
 </TASK>

Crashes (30):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/13 00:13 upstream 24a19b953e2a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/10/11 15:06 upstream a5ebb76233b7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/08/19 04:33 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/05/29 17:54 upstream 8fde5d1d47f6 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/05/20 09:00 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/05/15 22:39 upstream d458a240344c 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/04/08 07:57 upstream 3036cd0d3328 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/12/29 02:42 upstream c875a6c32467 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/12/24 15:26 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/09/24 23:58 upstream 4ea5af085908 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/08/17 02:39 upstream 90d970cade8e 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/08/10 13:08 upstream 561c80369df0 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/06/05 01:01 upstream 1af80d00e1e0 fd5e6e61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/04/06 15:06 upstream f4d2ef48250a 1c65791e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/04/01 06:15 upstream 609706855d90 36d76a97 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/08/09 19:05 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/05/02 06:33 upstream 6fe0be6dc7fa 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/03/07 02:12 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/11/28 18:53 upstream aa7243aaf194 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/10/04 05:04 upstream 9b0d551bcc05 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/10/15 07:10 net 513444cc62e2 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/10/10 04:47 net af32da41b032 a8add9cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/10/07 02:18 net ab699d296e06 f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/04/28 14:07 net f9c52a6ba978 b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/07/21 20:25 net 81e0db8e8398 0b3788a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/10/10 19:52 linux-next becb95e45ef0 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/07/14 17:09 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/04/06 19:59 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing 3723393cc284 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2025/04/12 03:10 bpf-next a27a97f71394 12ba9c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce BUG: soft lockup in chrdev_open
2025/11/21 04:21 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 3812f8fa7c83 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in chrdev_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.