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INFO: task hung in ret_from_fork_asm

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/12/17 05:05
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+b7ded3f62b62288cfd99@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d11h, last: 6d11h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/12/17 upstream (ToT) ea1013c15392 syz [report] INFO: task hung in __writeback_inodes_wb
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in ret_from_fork_asm kernel 1 1 305d 305d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/22 12:17

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:0:11 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
 stack:24024 pid:11    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x111/0x240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1997
 wb_writeback+0x464/0xba0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2107
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa45/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
 <TASK>
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/u4:6:1088 blocked for more than 152 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:6    state:D stack:23560 pid:1088  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5380 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
ffff888145668938
 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc90000107d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000107d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
ffffc90000117d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
ffffc90000117d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x957/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #2: ffff88807cd7a0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#56){++++}-{3:3}, at: super_trylock_shared+0x20/0xf0 fs/super.c:607
 #3: 
){+.+.}-{3:3}
, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x154/0x1d0 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c:28

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/17 05:05 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in ret_from_fork_asm
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.