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INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/29 07:59
Reported-by: syzbot+10dac4314f3012947b2d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 32d, last: 15d
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (3) block 1 C 758 11h25m 188d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/02/23 13:57
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs (2) block 1 1 308d 308d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/25 03:29
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs 1 1 464d 464d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/31 17:12
upstream INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs block 1 5 846d 1050d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/05 18:35
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs 1 20 1d02h 52d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/09 10:03

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.3.969:6876 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted 6.1.147-syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.969       state:D stack:25664 pid:6876  ppid:4277   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 sync_bdevs+0x1ab/0x320 block/bdev.c:1054
 ksys_sync+0xb6/0x150 fs/sync.c:105
 __ia32_sys_sync+0xa/0x10 fs/sync.c:113
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f908b78ebe9
RSP: 002b:00007f908c639038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a2
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f908b9b5fa0 RCX: 00007f908b78ebe9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f908b9b5fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f908b9b6038 R14: 00007f908b9b5fa0 R15: 00007ffe38fd8608
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:0/9:
2 locks held by kworker/u4:1/11:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffff8880b8e27848 (&per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu)->seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x398/0x6d0 kernel/sched/psi.c:999
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2b7b0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2bfd0 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2ae20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2ae20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2ae20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
2 locks held by getty/4027:
 #0: ffff88803082c098 (&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+0x41b/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by kworker/1:5/4336:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004777d00 (fqdir_free_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8cb309c0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0x48/0x600 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4023
4 locks held by kworker/u4:8/4366:
1 lock held by udevd/4575:
 #0: ffff888024fb94c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x13d/0xa60 block/bdev.c:815
2 locks held by kworker/0:10/4803:
 #0: ffff888017472138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000c977d00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
1 lock held by syz.3.969/6876:
 #0: ffff888024fb94c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sync_bdevs+0x1ab/0x320 block/bdev.c:1054
1 lock held by syz-executor/8729:
 #0: ffffffff8cb30af8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:323 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb30af8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x346/0x830 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
3 locks held by kworker/0:20/9249:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003947d00 ((work_completion)(&pwq->unbound_release_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8cb30af8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:291 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb30af8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x455/0x830 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
1 lock held by rm/9998:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted 6.1.147-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3f4/0x470 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+0xeee/0xf30 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 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4366 Comm: kworker/u4:8 Not tainted 6.1.147-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:lockdep_enabled kernel/locking/lockdep.c:119 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x101/0x910 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5675
Code: 84 29 05 00 00 48 c7 c0 64 80 1f 8e 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 31 05 00 00 83 3d 19 14 bc 0c 00 0f 84 89 04 00 00 <65> 8b 05 28 0d 9f 7e 85 c0 0f 85 7a 04 00 00 65 4c 8b 35 d8 02 9f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900049bfac0 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 765758ebfaeac800
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8adef300 RDI: ffffffff8adef2c0
RBP: ffffc900049bfbd0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1c3e976
R10: fffffbfff1c3e976 R11: 1ffffffff1c3e975 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff92000937f64
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc73d117ff8 CR3: 0000000024178000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:355 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:824 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:412 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0x28d/0x600 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
vkms_vblank_simulate: vblank timer overrun

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/15 04:46 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/08 03:32 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 6a893178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/07 00:00 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/06 23:58 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/08/05 23:49 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 ffe1dd46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
2025/07/29 07:59 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 c4a95487 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in sync_bdevs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.