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INFO: task hung in del_device_store (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/20 15:49
Reported-by: syzbot+eef6417fb6201a45be25@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 11d, last: 10d
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in del_device_store 1 42 135d 508d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/26 20:35
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in del_device_store origin:upstream 1 C 2 10d 10d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/21 00:14
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in del_device_store 1 31 103d 514d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/28 01:25
upstream INFO: task hung in del_device_store net 1 C error 1902 3d07h 1001d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/05 17:44

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor:21584 blocked for more than 146 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22528 pid:21584 ppid:     1 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xc71/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x379/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x712/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:647
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f559e9f11ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffff2de9630 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: 00007f559e9f11ff
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00007ffff2de9680 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f559ea782cb R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffff2de9487
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007ffff2de9680 R14: 00007f559f777620 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:21699 blocked for more than 146 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22368 pid:21699 ppid:     1 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xc71/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x379/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x712/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:647
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f1e5b5211ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffe79432130 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: 00007f1e5b5211ff
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00007ffe79432180 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f1e5b5a82cb R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffe79431f87
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007ffe79432180 R14: 00007f1e5c2a7620 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/0:0/7:
 #0: ffff888016870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90000cc7d00 ((work_completion)(&map->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8c1210f0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0xa1/0x4b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4043
1 lock held by ksoftirqd/0/14:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c11c760 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
2 locks held by getty/3943:
 #0: ffff88802b68e098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc90002cf62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x5ba/0x1a30 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
2 locks held by kworker/1:9/4296:
 #0: ffff888016872138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90003f6fd00 ((work_completion)(&rew.rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
3 locks held by kworker/0:7/4330:
 #0: ffff888016870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002f5fd00 ((work_completion)(&map->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8c1210f0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0xa1/0x4b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4043
3 locks held by kworker/1:11/5953:
 #0: ffff888016870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000344fd00 ((work_completion)(&map->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8c1211e8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:290 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8c1211e8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x347/0x6b0 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:845
3 locks held by kworker/1:14/14536:
 #0: ffff888016870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90003d6fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&nsim_dev->trap_data->trap_report_dw)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff888062e70400 (&nsim_dev->port_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x56/0xb40 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:757
3 locks held by kworker/1:23/14543:
 #0: ffff888016870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90003dbfd00 ((work_completion)(&map->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8c1210f0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0xa1/0x4b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4043
7 locks held by kworker/u4:18/14629:
 #0: ffff8880169cd938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002effd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d22cd10 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x132/0xb80 net/core/net_namespace.c:589
 #3: ffffffff8d25e048 (devlink_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: devlink_pernet_pre_exit+0x97/0x300 net/core/devlink.c:11534
 #4: ffff88802a848658 (&nsim_bus_dev->nsim_bus_reload_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nsim_dev_reload_down+0x57/0x160 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:870
 #5: ffff888062e70400 (&nsim_dev->port_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nsim_dev_port_del_all drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:1359 [inline]
 #5: ffff888062e70400 (&nsim_dev->port_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nsim_dev_reload_destroy+0x115/0x240 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:1561
 #6: ffffffff8c1210f0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0xa1/0x4b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4043
3 locks held by kworker/u4:51/14687:
6 locks held by syz-executor/20969:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff888041d39888 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
 #4: ffff888075d84178 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #4: ffff888075d84178 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1044 [inline]
 #4: ffff888075d84178 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0xb0/0x750 drivers/base/dd.c:1259
 #5: ffffffff8d25e048 (devlink_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: devlink_unregister+0x92/0x1d0 net/core/devlink.c:8984
4 locks held by syz-executor/21584:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff88805e8b9088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
4 locks held by syz-executor/21699:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff888041d38088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
4 locks held by syz-executor/22336:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff8880737fac88 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
4 locks held by syz-executor/22481:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff88803125c488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
4 locks held by syz-executor/23088:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff88803470a088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
4 locks held by syz-executor/23152:
 #0: ffff88807ec96460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff888041d9a488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffff8880221990f0 (kn->active#296){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x208/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:288
 #3: ffffffff8cb725e8 (nsim_bus_dev_list_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: del_device_store+0xce/0x380 drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c:344
3 locks held by sed/23688:
 #0: ffff8880b903a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:475
 #1: 
ffff8880b9027888
 (
&per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu)->seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x4d6/0x810 kernel/sched/psi.c:891
 #2: ffff88802bc9a738 (&sig->wait_chldexit){....}-{2:2}, at: __wake_up_common_lock kernel/sched/wait.c:137 [inline]
 #2: ffff88802bc9a738 (&sig->wait_chldexit){....}-{2:2}, at: __wake_up_sync_key+0xf0/0x180 kernel/sched/wait.c:205

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x397/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe0f/0xe50 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x0/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:202
Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 53 48 89 fb e8 17 00 00 00 48 8b 3d 50 d3 f1 0b 48 89 de 5b e9 57 9e 43 00 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc <48> 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d a4 a3 8a 7e 65 8b 15 a5 a3 8a 7e 81 e2 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d37820 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff888bf332 RBX: ffff88805b880640 RCX: ffff88813fea9dc0
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ad33a6
R10: fffffbfff1ad33a6 R11: 1ffffffff1ad33a5 R12: ffff8880674ca0c4
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88807ddb0000 R15: ffff8880674ca000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000563d9c118950 CR3: 000000007e758000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: ffffffffffffffff DR1: 00000000000001f8 DR2: 0000000000000083
DR3: ffffffffefffff15 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 l3mdev_l3_rcv include/net/l3mdev.h:171 [inline]
 l3mdev_ip6_rcv include/net/l3mdev.h:190 [inline]
 ip6_rcv_finish+0x19b/0x240 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:74
 NF_HOOK+0x2d6/0x360 include/linux/netfilter.h:302
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5525 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0x290 net/core/dev.c:5639
 process_backlog+0x364/0x780 net/core/dev.c:6516
 __napi_poll+0xc0/0x430 net/core/dev.c:7075
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7142 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x4a8/0x9c0 net/core/dev.c:7232
 handle_softirqs+0x328/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:576
 run_ksoftirqd+0x98/0xf0 kernel/softirq.c:943
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x4f6/0x970 kernel/smpboot.c:164
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/21 12:27 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in del_device_store
2025/11/20 15:48 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in del_device_store
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.