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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/10 11:50
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+bc876f0532355e757c37@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 129d, last: 16h29m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/24 linux-6.6.y (ToT) bb9c90ab9c5a C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_unlink
2025/08/24 upstream (ToT) 8d245acc1e88 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (16)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (5) bpf 1 C unreliable 56 1425d 1517d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:34
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (9) net bpf 1 C error 74 328d 568d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/03 05:23
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (2) origin:lts-only 1 syz 109 3h32m 616d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/04/09 19:57
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (3) bpf 1 4 2170d 2170d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf 1 2 741d 783d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/16 17:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf bpf net 1 3 2336d 2457d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/11/23 00:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (2) bpf 1 12 2205d 2206d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (8) bpf 1 1 759d 759d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/17 03:10
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf origin:lts-only 1 syz inconclusive 51 6d08h 606d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/04/20 10:27
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf 1 3 2154d 2283d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/23 14:47
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_bpf mm 1 C error 68 1d01h 238d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/23 05:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (6) net 1 7 1236d 1386d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/10/28 06:32
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf (4) bpf net 1 3 2123d 2162d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/24 13:03
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in sys_bpf 1 1 306d 306d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/15 12:21
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_bpf origin:upstream 1 C error 108 461d 628d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/29 12:25
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_bpf 1 2 541d 545d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/22 11:37
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/26 17:08 1h27m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	1-....: (10496 ticks this GP) idle=eca4/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=27841/27843 fqs=4625
rcu: 	         hardirqs   softirqs   csw/system
rcu: 	 number:  1317464          0            0
rcu: 	cputime:    13592      38887           44   ==> 52480(ms)
rcu: 	(t=10500 jiffies g=12793 q=1153 ncpus=2)
CPU: 1 PID: 6951 Comm: syz.4.772 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:seqcount_lockdep_reader_access+0x17f/0x1c0 include/linux/seqlock.h:105
Code: 00 4d 85 e4 75 16 e8 90 90 0f 00 eb 15 e8 89 90 0f 00 e8 14 77 f1 08 4d 85 e4 74 ea e8 7a 90 0f 00 fb 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 3e 00 00 00 00 66 43 c7 44 3e 09 00 00 43 c6 44 3e 0b 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001ef400 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff81760046 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807d938000
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900001ef4b8 R08: ffffffff90d9452f R09: 1ffffffff21b28a5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b28a6 R12: 0000000000000200
R13: 000001fb6ca015d2 R14: 1ffff9200003de80 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  000055557e32b500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000074f19000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 ktime_get_with_offset+0x94/0x330 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:889
 ktime_get_real include/linux/timekeeping.h:79 [inline]
 netif_rx_internal+0x34a/0x4e0 net/core/dev.c:5115
 __netif_rx+0x78/0xc0 net/core/dev.c:5158
 veth_forward_skb drivers/net/veth.c:321 [inline]
 veth_xmit+0x550/0x9f0 drivers/net/veth.c:374
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4943 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4957 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3619 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x246/0x740 net/core/dev.c:3635
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1a64/0x35a0 net/core/dev.c:4425
 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3113 [inline]
 br_dev_queue_push_xmit+0x6a6/0x850 net/bridge/br_forward.c:53
 NF_HOOK+0x613/0x6a0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304
 br_nf_post_routing+0xb41/0xfb0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:977
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:144 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0xbd/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:626
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:259 [inline]
 NF_HOOK+0x213/0x3d0 include/linux/netfilter.h:302
 br_forward_finish+0xd3/0x130 net/bridge/br_forward.c:66
 br_nf_hook_thresh net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:-1 [inline]
 br_nf_forward_finish+0xa33/0xe50 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:684
 NF_HOOK+0x613/0x6a0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304
 br_nf_forward_ip+0xcc1/0x1110 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:754
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:144 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0xbd/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:626
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:259 [inline]
 NF_HOOK+0x213/0x3d0 include/linux/netfilter.h:302
 __br_forward+0x41f/0x600 net/bridge/br_forward.c:115
 br_handle_frame_finish+0x143d/0x1950 net/bridge/br_input.c:215
 br_nf_hook_thresh+0x3b6/0x480 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:1184
 br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6+0x9e3/0xd90 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:-1
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline]
 br_nf_pre_routing_ipv6+0x34d/0x680 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:184
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:144 [inline]
 nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:277 [inline]
 br_handle_frame+0x957/0x14c0 net/bridge/br_input.c:424
 __netif_receive_skb_core+0xf6b/0x3ac0 net/core/dev.c:5502
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5606 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb+0x74/0x290 net/core/dev.c:5722
 process_backlog+0x380/0x6e0 net/core/dev.c:6050
 __napi_poll+0xc0/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6612
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6679 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x5ea/0xbf0 net/core/dev.c:6815
 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:finish_task_switch+0x26a/0x920 kernel/sched/core.c:5254
Code: 0f 84 37 01 00 00 48 85 db 0f 85 56 01 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 8b 75 d0 4c 89 e7 e8 80 ca 14 09 e8 4b a4 2f 00 fb 4c 8b 65 c0 <49> 8d bc 24 f8 15 00 00 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 84 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc900045bf398 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 6e5e76c38fbe2000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 6e5e76c38fbe2000
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaabce0 RDI: ffffffff8afc6f80
RBP: ffffc900045bf3f0 R08: ffffffff90d9452f R09: 1ffffffff21b28a5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b28a6 R12: ffff88807d938000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802e21da00 R15: ffff8880b8f3cac8
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5383 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14da/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6866
 preempt_schedule+0xab/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6890
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:45
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xfa/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:406 [inline]
 __slab_free+0x353/0x410 mm/slub.c:3734
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:166 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x75/0xe0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:185
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x143/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:292
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x22/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:383
 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:616 [inline]
 kzalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:732 [inline]
 __get_vm_area_node+0x125/0x370 mm/vmalloc.c:2613
 __vmalloc_node_range+0x36e/0x1320 mm/vmalloc.c:3299
 __vmalloc_node mm/vmalloc.c:3404 [inline]
 __vmalloc+0x7a/0x90 mm/vmalloc.c:3418
 bpf_prog_alloc_no_stats+0x47/0x440 kernel/bpf/core.c:98
 bpf_prog_alloc+0x3d/0x1b0 kernel/bpf/core.c:136
 bpf_prog_load+0x6b8/0x16d0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2681
 __sys_bpf+0x55a/0x800 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5473
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5577 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5575 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5575
 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: 0033:0x7ff12438f749
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:00007ffe8e8ef838 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff1245e5fa0 RCX: 00007ff12438f749
RDX: 0000000000000094 RSI: 0000200000000980 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007ff124413f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff1245e5fa0 R14: 00007ff1245e5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Crashes (44):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/14 09:16 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/23 15:58 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/24 23:06 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/14 01:48 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 22ec1469 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/17 02:43 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/15 23:44 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/12 02:56 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/12 02:15 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/11 21:58 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/08 19:35 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/12/02 04:08 linux-6.6.y 4791134e4aeb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/29 02:39 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/16 23:57 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/16 11:31 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/15 13:21 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/13 06:12 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/11 19:44 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/10/13 00:25 linux-6.6.y 655054d2c3c1 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/09/19 00:53 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/09/16 07:10 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/28 09:38 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/28 09:37 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/28 08:09 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/28 07:56 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/28 06:09 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/27 22:19 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/27 22:06 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/27 22:03 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/27 18:51 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/27 00:46 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 sys_bpf
2025/08/26 15:16 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/26 09:12 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/26 09:09 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/26 00:30 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/26 00:27 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/23 01:27 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/18 11:19 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/16 12:36 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/15 12:27 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/12 16:00 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/11 03:47 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/10 16:39 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/08/10 11:49 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_bpf
2025/11/15 11:03 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in sys_bpf
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.