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INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/15 04:03
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+d1b2c58262854b97eb1f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 143d, last: 86d
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput 0 (2) 2025/12/29 04:10
Last patch testing requests (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/14 14:13 35m retest repro linux-next OK log
2026/04/14 14:13 22m retest repro linux-next OK log
2026/02/03 09:08 17m retest repro upstream error
2026/02/03 09:08 4h17m retest repro linux-next error
2026/02/03 09:08 4h04m retest repro linux-next error

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6163/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=13717, q=383 ncpus=2)
task:syz.2.19        state:R  running task     stack:26480 pid:6163  tgid:6163  ppid:5961   task_flags:0x40004c flags:0x00080001
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7190
 irqentry_exit+0x5d8/0x660 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x2bb/0x3b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5893
Code: 00 00 75 52 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 05 da 07 e0 10 48 3b 44 24 28 75 75 48 83 c4 30 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d <e9> ab 98 71 ff cc 90 0f 0b 90 e9 70 fd ff ff 90 0f 0b 90 48 c7 c7
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003b8efd8 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 670f1dcbf9e62d00 RBX: ffffffff81ac174d RCX: 670f1dcbf9e62d00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8d978ed0 RDI: ffffffff8bc08360
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff81ac174d R09: ffffffff8df419e0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81ada000 R12: ffff888029131e80
R13: 1ffff92000771e38 R14: 00007f810118f749 R15: 1ffff92000771e16
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:897 [inline]
 class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline]
 is_module_text_address+0x18b/0x1e0 kernel/module/main.c:3858
 kernel_text_address+0x94/0xe0 kernel/extable.c:119
 __kernel_text_address+0xd/0x40 kernel/extable.c:79
 unwind_get_return_address+0x4d/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:369
 arch_stack_walk+0xfc/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0xf5/0x1f0 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:1395 [inline]
 free_unref_folios+0xdb3/0x14f0 mm/page_alloc.c:3000
 folios_put_refs+0x584/0x670 mm/swap.c:1002
 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:101 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x49e/0x1490 mm/shmem.c:1137
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1249 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x26e/0xa70 mm/shmem.c:1379
 evict+0x5f4/0xae0 fs/inode.c:837
 __dentry_kill+0x209/0x660 fs/dcache.c:670
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:879
 __fput+0x68e/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:476
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:233
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]
 do_exit+0x6c5/0x2310 kernel/exit.c:971
 do_group_exit+0x21c/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1112
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1123 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1121 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1121
 x64_sys_call+0x2210/0x2210 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:232
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f810118f749
RSP: 002b:00007ffdda280538 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f810118f749
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000bda28062f R09: 00007f81013b4280
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f81013b4280 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00007ffdda2805f0
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10546 jiffies! g13717 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
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:27128 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 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 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6168 Comm: syz.0.25 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:rdtsc_ordered arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h:57 [inline]
RIP: 0010:read_tsc+0xc/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c:1135
Code: e9 e8 fe ff ff e8 e4 c7 f2 09 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa e8 e7 c7 58 00 0f 01 f9 <66> 90 48 c1 e2 20 48 09 d0 e9 e1 57 a7 ff cc 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90
RSP: 0000:ffffc90003077ac0 EFLAGS: 00000093
RAX: 0000000063ea710f RBX: ffffffff8dd73ac0 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 000000000000008f RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8dd73ac0
RBP: 000000000000b122 R08: ffffffff81af6795 R09: ffffffff998e3508
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff8168e910 R12: 000000399661b39b
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 00000039b4a1e637 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007fd54d67f6c0(0000) GS:ffff888125e35000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00002000000001c0 CR3: 0000000033588000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 tk_clock_read kernel/time/timekeeping.c:295 [inline]
 timekeeping_get_ns kernel/time/timekeeping.c:404 [inline]
 ktime_get+0x97/0x200 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:826
 clockevents_program_event+0xe8/0x350 kernel/time/clockevents.c:326
 hrtimer_start_range_ns+0xd8a/0x1080 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1323
 __posixtimer_deliver_signal kernel/time/posix-timers.c:321 [inline]
 posixtimer_deliver_signal+0x1cf/0x410 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:347
 dequeue_signal+0x24a/0x370 kernel/signal.c:660
 get_signal+0x55e/0x1340 kernel/signal.c:2914
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x9a/0x7a0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:41 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:75 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:270 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:339 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x177/0x660 kernel/entry/common.c:196
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0033:0x7fd54c78f747
Code: ff ff 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
RSP: 002b:00007fd54d67f0e8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 00000000000000ca RBX: 00007fd54c9e5fa8 RCX: 00007fd54c78f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007fd54c9e5fa8
RBP: 00007fd54c9e5fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd54c9e6038 R14: 00007ffeebd71e40 R15: 00007ffeebd71f28
 </TASK>

Crashes (138):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/14 21:36 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/18 07:42 upstream e84d960149e7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/17 06:31 upstream 39d3389331ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/15 15:45 upstream 944aacb68baf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/15 10:01 upstream 944aacb68baf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/14 07:24 upstream b54345928fa1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/13 18:50 upstream b71e635feefc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/13 11:13 upstream b71e635feefc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 23:08 upstream 755bc1335e3b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 04:49 upstream 97313d6113ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/10 22:59 upstream b6151c4e60e5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/10 17:07 upstream b6151c4e60e5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/09 13:48 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/08 08:07 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/08 06:31 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/07 16:11 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/05 17:20 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/05 09:12 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/05 00:26 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/03 17:33 upstream 805f9a061372 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/03 15:01 upstream 805f9a061372 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/02 21:40 upstream 9b0436804460 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/02 13:11 upstream b69053dd3ffb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2025/12/31 06:59 upstream dbf8fe85a16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2025/12/30 04:09 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2025/12/30 03:47 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2025/12/29 22:45 upstream 7839932417dd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2025/12/07 00:11 upstream 416f99c3b16f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/17 04:57 upstream b62ce2547fe8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 16:30 net-next 60d8484c4cec d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/19 17:49 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/17 11:34 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/16 05:10 linux-next 9b7977f9e39b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/14 16:23 linux-next b775e489bec7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/13 20:08 linux-next 0f853ca2a798 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/12 19:50 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 19:53 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 13:16 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 10:50 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/11 06:15 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/10 21:58 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/10 11:52 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/10 04:49 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/09 09:59 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/08 01:08 linux-next f96074c6d01d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/06 20:44 linux-next 6cd6c1203113 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/05 22:26 linux-next f8f97927abf7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2026/01/04 15:21 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 finish_dput
2026/01/04 12:07 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 finish_dput
2026/01/03 18:57 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 finish_dput
2025/12/31 10:58 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 finish_dput
2025/12/31 04:29 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 finish_dput
2025/12/30 19:27 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 finish_dput
2025/12/30 12:42 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 finish_dput
2025/12/29 04:09 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
2025/12/28 16:26 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in finish_dput
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.