INFO: task hung in write_ports

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/01 00:01
Subsystems: nfs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+0f7085f07e9cfba423cd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 7d10h, last: 1h33m
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [nfs?] INFO: task hung in write_ports 0 (1) 2026/08/01 00:01
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in write_ports 1 2 3d00h 6d20h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 20:14
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in write_ports 1 2 6d14h 6d19h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 22:00
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in write_ports 1 2 6d01h 6d04h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/07/28 12:50

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor142:5828 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor142 state:D stack:27848 pid:5828  tgid:5828  ppid:5673   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5510 [inline]
 __schedule+0x125c/0x6730 kernel/sched/core.c:7234
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7311 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7326
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7383
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xccc/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x106/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:112
 vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6cbe8a9a19
RSP: 002b:00007fff182b6758 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 00007f6cbe8a9a19
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007f6cbe915222 R09: 00007f6cbe915222
R10: 00007f6cbe915222 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6cbe91547b
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000200000000003 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor142:5829 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor142 state:D stack:27848 pid:5829  tgid:5829  ppid:5671   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080802
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5510 [inline]
 __schedule+0x125c/0x6730 kernel/sched/core.c:7234
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7311 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7326
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7383
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xccc/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x106/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:112
 vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6cbe8a9a19
RSP: 002b:00007fff182b6758 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 00007f6cbe8a9a19
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007f6cbe915222 R09: 00007f6cbe915222
R10: 00007f6cbe915222 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6cbe91547b
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000200000000003 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor142:5830 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor142 state:D stack:27224 pid:5830  tgid:5830  ppid:5670   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5510 [inline]
 __schedule+0x125c/0x6730 kernel/sched/core.c:7234
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7311 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7326
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7383
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xccc/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x106/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:112
 vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6cbe8a9a19
RSP: 002b:00007fff182b6758 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 00007f6cbe8a9a19
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007f6cbe915222 R09: 00007f6cbe915222
R10: 00007f6cbe915222 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6cbe91547b
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000200000000003 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor142:5831 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor142 state:D stack:27272 pid:5831  tgid:5831  ppid:5668   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5510 [inline]
 __schedule+0x125c/0x6730 kernel/sched/core.c:7234
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7311 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7326
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7383
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xccc/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x106/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:112
 vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6cbe8a9a19
RSP: 002b:00007fff182b6758 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 00007f6cbe8a9a19
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007f6cbe915222 R09: 00007f6cbe915222
R10: 00007f6cbe915222 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6cbe91547b
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000200000000003 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/30:
 #0: ffffffff8ebe8200 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ebe8200 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:840 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ebe8200 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
2 locks held by getty/5366:
 #0: ffff8880379300a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000322b2e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14e0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
2 locks held by syz-executor142/5672:
 #0: ffff88807b79a0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#66){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:58 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807b79a0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#66){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:73 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807b79a0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#66){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super fs/super.c:509 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807b79a0d8 (&type->s_umount_key#66){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: deactivate_super+0xdf/0x110 fs/super.c:506
 #1: ffffffff8f072960 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x5b/0xf0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:576
2 locks held by syz-executor142/5828:
 #0: ffff88807a0d6450 (sb_writers#9){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #1: ffffffff8f072960 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
2 locks held by syz-executor142/5829:
 #0: ffff88807a31a450 (sb_writers#9){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #1: ffffffff8f072960 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
2 locks held by syz-executor142/5830:
 #0: ffff88807a7d0450 (sb_writers#9){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #1: ffffffff8f072960 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860
2 locks held by syz-executor142/5831:
 #0: ffff88806c1a4450 (sb_writers#9){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #1: ffffffff8f072960 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_ports+0xa5/0xcc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:860

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:122
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x21c/0x2a0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:65
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:162 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:64
Code: 46 8b 02 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 83 cf 0f 00 fb f4 <e9> 3c 4a 03 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197e00 EFLAGS: 00000242
RAX: 0000000000117467 RBX: ffff88801eac2540 RCX: ffffffff8bbbd2d5
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8e1a810c RDI: ffffffff8c402680
RBP: ffffed1003d584a8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170a678d
R10: ffff8880b8533c6b R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 1ffff92000032fc4 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888123ed8000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055aa06bfa168 CR3: 000000000e994000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:62 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:768
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x3a7/0x5b0 kernel/sched/idle.c:355
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:454
 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x158
 </TASK>

Crashes (27):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/02 16:06 upstream 2d2338c93da7 e611ffe1 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/28 02:16 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/28 00:24 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 23:49 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/03 15:30 upstream 075b74841bd0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/03 14:48 upstream 075b74841bd0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/03 04:55 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/03 01:01 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/03 00:37 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/03 00:35 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/02 23:24 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/02 15:40 upstream 2d2338c93da7 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/01 03:19 upstream 8ba098e6b6ff 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/31 19:51 upstream 8ba098e6b6ff 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/31 03:17 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/31 01:00 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/29 23:40 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 18:54 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 18:49 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 18:40 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 12:29 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 07:47 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 07:13 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 07:13 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 07:04 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/27 07:03 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/02 20:04 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_ports
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.