INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/06 17:17
Reported-by: syzbot+d4b0d555b9afa7942416@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 53d, last: 15d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time 1 3 49d 55d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 09:59

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.2.4079:22089 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.4079      state:D stack:27920 pid:22089 ppid:19173  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nfsd4_write_time+0xa4/0x330 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:980
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 do_loop_readv_writev fs/read_write.c:-1 [inline]
 do_iter_write+0x4a4/0xb10 fs/read_write.c:863
 vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:934 [inline]
 do_writev+0x27b/0x480 fs/read_write.c:977
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd52619e159
RSP: 002b:00007fd5243f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd526425fa0 RCX: 00007fd52619e159
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000001200 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fd526235024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd526426038 R14: 00007fd526425fa0 R15: 00007ffe62339778
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e5b0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2edd0 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2dc20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2dc20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2dc20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6527
2 locks held by getty/4034:
 #0: ffff88802f3ee098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
2 locks held by kworker/u4:22/8754:
3 locks held by syz.7.3272/18586:
 #0: ffff88807d0cefe8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88802f072460 (sb_writers#38){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcd108 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
3 locks held by syz.2.4079/22089:
 #0: ffff888073e965e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff888056142460 (sb_writers#38){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_writev fs/read_write.c:933 [inline]
 #1: ffff888056142460 (sb_writers#38){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_writev+0x25d/0x480 fs/read_write.c:977
 #2: ffffffff8cdcd108 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd4_write_time+0xa4/0x330 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:980

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 9265 Comm: kworker/u4:24 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:match_held_lock+0x77/0xb0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5153
Code: 00 48 c7 c1 00 b1 49 90 48 29 c8 48 c1 f8 06 48 be ab aa aa aa aa aa aa aa 48 0f af f0 b9 01 00 00 00 48 39 d6 74 02 31 c9 5b <89> c8 c3 e8 11 8a e1 f9 85 c0 74 f1 83 3d ae fd ef 03 00 75 e8 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005b6fa38 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000014 RBX: 0000000000000014 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888054ac26b8 RDI: ffff888022588b80
RBP: ffffc90005b6fb58 R08: ffffffff8e2116af R09: 1ffffffff1c422d5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c422d6 R12: ffff888022588b80
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: 0000000000000004
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055a8bd5a5660 CR3: 000000000c88e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 find_held_lock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5166 [inline]
 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5351 [inline]
 lock_release+0x217/0x920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5696
 __raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:165 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x17/0x30 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:820 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x717/0xa80 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (7):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/04 15:18 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 f65209a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/09/04 03:43 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/07 15:15 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/07 11:30 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/06 21:54 linux-6.1.y 03f3a99e8e93 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/06 17:16 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/09/13 15:07 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.