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INFO: rcu detected stall in llc_rcv

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/04/01 08:56
Reported-by: syzbot+df24ecf861bc428033e9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 54d, last: 6d01h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in llc_rcv (2) net bpf 1 1 614d 614d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/17 08:05
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in llc_rcv kernel 1 1 731d 731d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/23 07:44

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1-.... } 2641 jiffies s: 6393 root: 0x2/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 6221 Comm: syz.3.448 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_preemption_disabled+0x1f/0x110 lib/smp_processor_id.c:16
Code: df 8a 48 c7 c6 80 1b df 8a eb 00 55 41 57 41 56 53 48 83 ec 10 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 65 8b 05 01 0f d4 75 <65> 8b 0d a2 64 d4 75 f7 c1 ff ff ff 7f 74 1f 65 48 8b 0c 25 28 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001dfc38 EFLAGS: 00000082
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 000000000000002c RCX: ffff88801def3b80
RDX: 0000000000010100 RSI: ffffffff8adf1b80 RDI: ffffffff8adf1b40
RBP: ffffc900001dfde0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c3ff7e R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc900001dfd40 R15: ffffc900001dfd60
FS:  00007fad0fdd56c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fad0fdd4ff8 CR3: 000000007e01a000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 perf_swevent_get_recursion_context+0x12/0x150 kernel/events/core.c:9753
 perf_trace_buf_alloc+0x54/0x300 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c:414
 perf_trace_lock_acquire+0x19f/0x3e0 include/trace/events/lock.h:24
 trace_lock_acquire include/trace/events/lock.h:24 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x452/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5633
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 debug_object_deactivate+0x62/0x390 lib/debugobjects.c:753
 debug_hrtimer_deactivate kernel/time/hrtimer.c:453 [inline]
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1715 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x2d5/0xd50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3c5/0x9c0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1873
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1107 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x153/0x5a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1124
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:__memset+0x0/0x30 arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S:27
Code: 66 44 8b 1e 66 44 8b 54 16 fe 66 44 89 1f 66 44 89 54 17 fe eb 0c 48 83 fa 01 72 06 44 8a 1e 44 88 1f c3 48 89 d1 f3 a4 c3 00 <eb> 2e 0f 1f 00 49 89 f9 48 89 d1 83 e2 07 48 c1 e9 03 40 0f b6 f6
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e03a8 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffc900001e0488 RCX: ffffffff813935ba
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc900001e04d8
RBP: ffffffff8ea44f26 R08: ffffc900001e04e7 R09: 1ffff9200003c09c
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200003c09d R12: 1ffff9200003c092
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc900001e04d8 R15: ffffc900001e04bd
 unwind_next_frame+0xb8a/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:546
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2d/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x131/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf7/0x290 mm/slub.c:3709
 llc_rcv+0x755/0xc60 net/llc/llc_input.c:-1
 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5667 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x6e6/0x750 net/core/dev.c:5710
 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5762 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x93f/0xca0 net/core/dev.c:5853
 netif_receive_skb_list+0x51/0x4e0 net/core/dev.c:5905
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x357/0x3d0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5342
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4849 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x105/0x1b0 net/mac80211/main.c:317
 tasklet_action_common+0x2fe/0x4d0 kernel/softirq.c:827
 handle_softirqs+0x2a1/0x930 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:679
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x50/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:230
Code: 16 00 00 00 74 2c 8b 91 f8 15 00 00 83 fa 02 75 21 48 8b 91 00 16 00 00 48 8b 32 48 8d 7e 01 8b 89 fc 15 00 00 48 39 cf 73 08 <48> 89 3a 48 89 44 f2 08 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 8b 04 24 65 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000dc57998 EFLAGS: 00000283
RAX: ffffffff818c335f RBX: ffffc9000db83000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000f3da000 RSI: 000000000000429a RDI: 000000000000429b
RBP: ffffc9000dc57a98 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff215f448
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff215f449 R12: ffffffff8c9f9c60
R13: ffff88807d3ced18 R14: ffff88807d3ced28 R15: 0000000000000001
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:607 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:614 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run_array include/linux/bpf.h:1668 [inline]
 trace_call_bpf+0x2ef/0x6b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:135
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0x79/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10027
 perf_trace_lock_acquire+0x33f/0x3e0 include/trace/events/lock.h:24
 trace_lock_acquire include/trace/events/lock.h:24 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x452/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5633
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock_sched include/linux/rcupdate.h:883 [inline]
 fd_install+0x79/0x4e0 fs/file.c:595
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12847 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x1c8d/0x1ec0 kernel/events/core.c:12418
 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: 0033:0x7fad11b9ce59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fad0fdd5028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fad11e16090 RCX: 00007fad11b9ce59
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000540
RBP: 00007fad11c32d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fad11e16128 R14: 00007fad11e16090 R15: 00007ffc754cb388
 </TASK>

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/19 15:44 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 223544dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in llc_rcv
2026/04/26 10:58 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in llc_rcv
2026/04/01 08:55 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in llc_rcv
2026/04/29 05:40 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in llc_rcv
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.