INFO: rcu detected stall in inotify_add_watch

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/07 19:37
Reported-by: syzbot+ca2223ff80b82ce4d555@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 332d, last: 313d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in inotify_add_watch prio:low fs modules 1 syz error error 2 176d 201d 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/01/19 19:56
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_inotify_add_watch (3) fs 1 2 544d 617d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/12 13:24
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_inotify_add_watch 1 1 560d 560d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/05 23:52
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_inotify_add_watch (2) lsm 1 1 732d 732d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/04 18:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_inotify_add_watch fs 1 1 1787d 1787d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/12/16 04:51

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4553/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=9637, q=34)
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:25952 pid: 4553 ppid:  3560 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb1/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:169 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kasan_check_range+0xb/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
Code: 31 c0 c3 0f 0b b8 ea ff ff ff c3 0f 0b b8 ea ff ff ff c3 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc b0 01 48 85 f6 0f 84 a4 01 00 00 <41> 57 41 56 53 49 89 f8 49 01 f0 0f 82 57 02 00 00 49 89 f8 49 c1
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000343f458 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff815bf8eb
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff8d6991e8
RBP: ffffc9000343f580 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: fffff52000687ed1 R11: 1ffff92000687ecf R12: ffffffff8c11c660
R13: 1ffff92000687e98 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000
 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:71 [inline]
 test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:134 [inline]
 cpumask_test_cpu include/linux/cpumask.h:344 [inline]
 cpu_online include/linux/cpumask.h:895 [inline]
 trace_lock_acquire include/trace/events/lock.h:13 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0xbb/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5594
 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:312
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:739 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x1d/0x270 kernel/bpf/core.c:725
 kernel_text_address kernel/extable.c:151 [inline]
 __kernel_text_address+0x9a/0x100 kernel/extable.c:105
 unwind_get_return_address+0x49/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
 arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0x98/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0xf3/0x1e0 mm/page_owner.c:119
 __reset_page_owner+0x51/0x180 mm/page_owner.c:140
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1340 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1391 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x637/0x6c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3317
 free_unref_page+0x94/0x280 mm/page_alloc.c:3396
 free_slab mm/slub.c:2020 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2026 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x1a5/0x200 mm/slub.c:2512
 put_cpu_partial+0x12d/0x190 mm/slub.c:2592
 qlist_free_all+0x35/0x90 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x150/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:283
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2f/0xd0 mm/kasan/common.c:444
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4c/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x100/0x290 mm/slub.c:3238
 inotify_new_watch fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:592 [inline]
 inotify_update_watch fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:640 [inline]
 __do_sys_inotify_add_watch fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:779 [inline]
 __se_sys_inotify_add_watch+0x6bf/0xea0 fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:722
 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: 0033:0x7f6ebb04f9a7
RSP: 002b:00007fff2bb4e048 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000fe
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000563f31b89ba0 RCX: 00007f6ebb04f9a7
RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000563f31b88a20 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 0000563f31b75910 R08: 00000000000001d0 R09: 0000000000000002
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000563f31b89ba0
R13: 0000563f31b8d410 R14: 0000000000000008 R15: 0000563f31b89ba0
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10542 jiffies! g9637 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=1
rcu: 	Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
task:rcu_preempt     state:R  running task     stack:26688 pid:   15 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
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_timeout+0x15c/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:1914
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x29e/0x11b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1972
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x98/0x350 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2145
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 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_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline]
 rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation+0x1cd/0x250 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:487
 print_other_cpu_stall+0x10c8/0x1220 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:592
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:745 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x831/0x1110 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1818
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1690 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4fe/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1754
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3bb/0x8d0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1816
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9b/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:730
Code: bf 48 89 df e8 86 f5 09 f8 eb b5 e8 3f b0 f6 ff 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc 66 90 0f 00 2d f7 83 53 00 fb f4 <c3> 0f 1f 40 00 41 57 41 56 53 49 be 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 65 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d67d48 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: a62ed20986973700 RBX: ffff88813fe40000 RCX: a62ed20986973700
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1820 RDI: ffffffff8a59a480
RBP: ffffc90000d67e80 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed1017227662
R10: ffffed1017227662 R11: 1ffff11017227661 R12: ffffffff8d6991e8
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 1ffff11027fc8000
 default_idle_call+0x81/0xc0 kernel/sched/idle.c:112
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:194 [inline]
 do_idle+0x21b/0x5b0 kernel/sched/idle.c:306
 cpu_startup_entry+0x14/0x20 kernel/sched/idle.c:403
 start_secondary+0x31f/0x430 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:281
 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xb1/0xbb
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/29 19:36 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in inotify_add_watch
2025/09/10 17:37 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in inotify_add_watch
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.