rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5949/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=12524 jiffies, g=11949, q=514 ncpus=2) task:kworker/1:6 state:R running task stack:25576 pid:5949 tgid:5949 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5397 [inline] __schedule+0x16f5/0x4d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6786 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7109 irqentry_exit+0x6f/0x90 kernel/entry/common.c:307 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702 RIP: 0010:seqcount_lockdep_reader_access+0x68/0x1c0 include/linux/seqlock.h:67 Code: 21 9e 89 49 89 e6 49 c1 ee 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 00 f2 f2 f2 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4b 89 04 3e 66 43 c7 44 3e 09 f3 f3 <43> c6 44 3e 0b f3 e8 fd 06 22 f8 48 c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 9c 8f RSP: 0018:ffffc9000459f860 EFLAGS: 00000a06 RAX: f2f2f200f1f1f1f1 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffff8880530f5a00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8be28be0 RDI: ffffffff8be28ba0 RBP: ffffc9000459f910 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff899ed184 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f43adf R12: ffff8880b8739700 R13: ffff8880796fd018 R14: 1ffff920008b3f0c R15: dffffc0000000000 nf_conntrack_get_ht include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h:344 [inline] gc_worker+0x308/0x1380 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1551 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread timer wakeup didn't happen for 7646 jiffies! g11949 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 rcu: Possible timer handling issue on cpu=0 timer-softirq=6108 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 7647 jiffies! g11949 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 ->cpu=0 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:I stack:27320 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5397 [inline] __schedule+0x16f5/0x4d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6786 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6864 [inline] schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6879 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2054 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2256 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1111 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-00128-g81e0db8e8398 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 Workqueue: events_unbound toggle_allocation_gate RIP: 0010:csd_lock_wait kernel/smp.c:340 [inline] RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0xf69/0x12d0 kernel/smp.c:885 Code: 00 45 8b 2f 44 89 ee 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 a0 6e 0b 00 41 83 e5 01 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 75 07 e8 4b 6a 0b 00 eb 37 f3 90 <43> 0f b6 04 2c 84 c0 75 10 41 f7 07 01 00 00 00 74 1e e8 30 6a 0b RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d3f6a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 RAX: ffffffff81b4bec0 RBX: ffff8880b863b1c0 RCX: ffff888026a1bc00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90003d3f800 R08: ffffffff8fa1d6f7 R09: 1ffffffff1f43ade R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f43adf R12: 1ffff110170e7f5d R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8880b873fae8 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125c23000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000200000000600 CR3: 000000000df38000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x3f/0x80 kernel/smp.c:1052 on_each_cpu include/linux/smp.h:71 [inline] smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2691 [inline] smp_text_poke_batch_finish+0xe6a/0x1100 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2984 arch_jump_label_transform_apply+0x1c/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:146 static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0x128/0x250 kernel/jump_label.c:210 static_key_enable+0x1a/0x20 kernel/jump_label.c:223 toggle_allocation_gate+0xad/0x240 mm/kfence/core.c:850 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245