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INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/02/23 13:57
Subsystems: block
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Reported-by: syzbot+97bc0b256218ed6df337@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 322d, last: now
Discussions (5)
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[syzbot] Monthly block report (Nov 2025) 0 (1) 2025/11/28 21:21
[syzbot] Monthly block report (Sep 2025) 0 (1) 2025/09/27 20:43
[syzbot] Monthly block report (Aug 2025) 0 (1) 2025/08/27 08:15
[syzbot] [block?] INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (3) 0 (2) 2025/08/15 22:41
[syzbot] Monthly block report (Jul 2025) 0 (1) 2025/07/27 10:41
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs 1 18 10d 139d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/07/29 07:59
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (2) block 1 1 414d 414d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/25 03:29
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs 1 1 570d 570d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/31 17:12
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs block 1 5 952d 1156d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/05 18:35
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs origin:upstream 1 C 77 16h15m 159d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/09 10:03

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.178:6411 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.178       state:D stack:27496 pid:6411  tgid:6411  ppid:5989   task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5254 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17c4/0x4d60 kernel/sched/core.c:6862
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6944 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6959
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7016
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:676 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
 sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
 ksys_sync+0xb9/0x150 fs/sync.c:105
 __ia32_sys_sync+0xe/0x20 fs/sync.c:113
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f17f7b8efc9
RSP: 002b:00007ffdb2f9a468 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a2
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f17f7de5fa0 RCX: 00007f17f7b8efc9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f17f7de5fa0 R14: 00007f17f7de5fa0 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/31:
 #0: ffffffff8e13d720 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e13d720 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e13d720 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
2 locks held by kworker/1:2/797:
 #0: ffff8880b873a058 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2a/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:638
 #1: ffff8880b8724048 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x53/0x880 kernel/sched/psi.c:933
2 locks held by kworker/u8:7/5113:
 #0: ffff8880b873a058 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x2a/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:638
 #1: ffff8880b8724048 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x53/0x880 kernel/sched/psi.c:933
2 locks held by getty/5586:
 #0: ffff888033fb90a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000332b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x43e/0x1400 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2222
1 lock held by udevd/5859:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: bdev_open+0xe0/0xd30 block/bdev.c:945
1 lock held by syz.0.178/6411:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.1.179/6432:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.2.180/6458:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.3.181/6478:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.4.182/6504:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.5.183/6530:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.6.184/6562:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.7.185/6588:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.8.186/6614:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288
1 lock held by syz.9.187/6640:
 #0: ffff88807b74b358 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ac/0x340 block/bdev.c:1288

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x39e/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:337 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfa9/0xff0 kernel/hung_task.c:500
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 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 33 f6 20 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <e9> c8 e7 02 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8de07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: 441c7eb8107e8300 RBX: ffffffff8196ec67 RCX: 441c7eb8107e8300
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d833d37 RDI: ffffffff8bc0d8e0
RBP: ffffffff8de07ea8 R08: ffff8880b8632fdb R09: 1ffff110170c65fb
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c65fc R12: ffffffff8f9ddb70
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1bd2a40
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125d1f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005613dee8f168 CR3: 000000000df38000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x73/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:190 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1e7/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:330
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:428
 rest_init+0x2de/0x300 init/main.c:757
 start_kernel+0x3ae/0x410 init/main.c:1111
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (2303):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/19 03:05 linux-next 93f3bab4310d 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/15 22:40 linux-next 931e46dcbc7e 1804e95e .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/15 11:18 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/15 09:54 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/15 08:40 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/15 04:33 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/15 01:31 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 21:01 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 18:49 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 05:22 upstream 4a298a43f5e3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 21:05 upstream 4a298a43f5e3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 15:19 upstream 9551a26f17d9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 07:19 upstream 9551a26f17d9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 01:13 upstream 187d0801404f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 16:27 upstream 187d0801404f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 12:44 upstream 187d0801404f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 06:02 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 04:49 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 01:49 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 00:47 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/02/23 13:55 upstream 27102b38b8ca d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/02/19 13:47 upstream 6537cfb395f3 9a14138f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/02/06 13:28 upstream 92514ef226f5 577d049b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/10/03 12:52 upstream f79e772258df 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/15 02:49 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 22:31 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 20:01 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 17:44 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 16:11 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 13:44 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 11:55 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 08:39 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/14 01:42 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 23:22 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 22:11 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 19:24 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 18:02 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 14:15 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 10:28 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/13 06:10 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 22:53 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 15:19 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 10:05 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 08:32 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/12 06:58 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 21:20 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 19:52 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 17:14 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 15:55 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 14:05 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 11:37 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/12/11 10:45 linux-next 5ce74bc1b7cb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/11/20 15:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ef10811e9f56 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.