BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 233s! BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=1 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 233s! BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=1 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=-20 stuck for 228s! Showing busy workqueues and worker pools: workqueue events: flags=0x100 pwq 2: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=4 refcnt=5 in-flight: 10:request_firmware_work_func pending: vmstat_shepherd, psi_avgs_work, ovs_dp_masks_rebalance workqueue events_long: flags=0x100 pwq 6: cpus=1 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: defense_work_handler workqueue events_unbound: flags=0x2 pwq 8: cpus=0-1 flags=0x4 nice=0 active=2 refcnt=3 pending: toggle_allocation_gate, flush_memcg_stats_dwork workqueue events_unbound: flags=0x2 pwq 8: cpus=0-1 flags=0x4 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: crng_reseed workqueue events_freezable: flags=0x104 pwq 2: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: update_balloon_stats_func workqueue events_power_efficient: flags=0x180 pwq 2: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=4 refcnt=5 pending: neigh_managed_work, neigh_periodic_work, do_cache_clean, check_lifetime pwq 6: cpus=1 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=4 refcnt=5 pending: neigh_managed_work, gc_worker, reg_check_chans_work, neigh_periodic_work workqueue kvfree_rcu_reclaim: flags=0xa pwq 8: cpus=0-1 flags=0x4 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: kfree_rcu_monitor workqueue mm_percpu_wq: flags=0x8 pwq 2: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: vmstat_update pwq 6: cpus=1 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: vmstat_update workqueue writeback: flags=0x4a pwq 8: cpus=0-1 flags=0x4 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: wb_workfn workqueue kblockd: flags=0x18 pwq 7: cpus=1 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=-20 active=1 refcnt=2 pending: blk_mq_timeout_work workqueue ipv6_addrconf: flags=0x6000a pwq 8: cpus=0-1 flags=0x4 nice=0 active=1 refcnt=4 pending: addrconf_verify_work workqueue krxrpcd: flags=0x2001a pwq 9: cpus=0-1 node=0 flags=0x4 nice=-20 active=1 refcnt=4 pending: rxrpc_peer_keepalive_worker pool 2: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 hung=233s workers=3 idle: 1207 9 Showing backtraces of running workers in stalled CPU-bound worker pools: pool 2: task:kworker/0:1 state:R running task stack:24576 pid:10 tgid:10 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5258 [inline] __schedule+0x150e/0x5070 kernel/sched/core.c:6866 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6948 [inline] schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6963 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline] __wait_for_common+0x3da/0x710 kernel/sched/completion.c:121 __fw_state_wait_common drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h:104 [inline] fw_sysfs_wait_timeout drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:44 [inline] fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:110 [inline] fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline] firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x55f/0xa40 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0xfa4/0x1680 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898 request_firmware_work_func+0xaf/0x1c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1150 process_one_work+0x93a/0x15a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3279 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3362 [inline] worker_thread+0x9b0/0xee0 kernel/workqueue.c:3443 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246