rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P21538/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=137017, q=1846258 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:8 state:R running task stack:24488 pid:21538 tgid:21538 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline] __schedule+0x1190/0x5de0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961 preempt_schedule_irq+0x51/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7288 irqentry_exit+0x36/0x90 kernel/entry/common.c:197 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702 RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x183/0x2f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5893 Code: 0f c1 05 f8 2d 3f 12 83 f8 01 0f 85 1d 01 00 00 9c 58 f6 c4 02 0f 85 08 01 00 00 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 8b 44 24 10 <65> 48 2b 05 0d ec 3e 12 0f 85 58 01 00 00 48 83 c4 18 5b 41 5c 41 RSP: 0000:ffffc900065a7b10 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: a48a3a4e0837e700 RBX: ffffffff8e5c1260 RCX: ffffc900065a7b1c RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8de2cdc0 RDI: ffffffff8c162d80 RBP: ffffffff9b2cb2ac R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff89ba90d9 R13: 0000000000000202 R14: ffff888055f68000 R15: 0000000000000003 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 [inline] rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:871 [inline] gc_worker+0x99e/0x16e0 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1617 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3236 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3400 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10523 jiffies! g137017 f0x2 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:27368 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline] __schedule+0x1190/0x5de0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline] schedule+0xe7/0x3a0 kernel/sched/core.c:7058 schedule_timeout+0x123/0x290 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1ea/0xb00 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083 rcu_gp_kthread+0x270/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 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: Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1: NMI backtrace for cpu 1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3422 Comm: kworker/R-bat_e Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025 Workqueue: bat_events batadv_tt_purge RIP: 0010:rcu_preempt_read_enter kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:391 [inline] RIP: 0010:__rcu_read_lock+0x2a/0xf0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:414 Code: f3 0f 1e fa 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 55 53 65 48 8b 1d 90 10 36 12 48 8d bb 44 04 00 00 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 0f b6 14 02 <48> 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 7c 08 84 d2 0f 85 a6 00 00 00 65 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a07cc0 EFLAGS: 00000a03 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff8880325ac880 RCX: ffffc90000a07c9c RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89f826f5 RDI: ffff8880325accc4 RBP: ffffc90000a07d90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000087300 R12: ffffffff81a6ddc0 R13: ffffc90000a07d48 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8880325ac880 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881247b5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000200000dde000 CR3: 000000004275c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000040000000000 DR1: 0000000000000001 DR2: 0000000000000008 DR3: 0000000000000006 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:839 [inline] class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1155 [inline] unwind_next_frame+0xae/0x20a0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:479 arch_stack_walk+0x94/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:330 [inline] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x89/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:356 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:250 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4191 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4240 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x1cb/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4247 dst_alloc+0x99/0x1a0 net/core/dst.c:89 rt_dst_alloc+0x35/0x3a0 net/ipv4/route.c:1645 __mkroute_output net/ipv4/route.c:2649 [inline] ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu+0x87a/0x28e0 net/ipv4/route.c:2870 ip_route_output_key_hash+0x137/0x2e0 net/ipv4/route.c:2700 __ip_route_output_key include/net/route.h:169 [inline] ip_route_output_flow+0x27/0x150 net/ipv4/route.c:2927 ip_route_output_key include/net/route.h:179 [inline] ip_route_me_harder+0x55d/0x12e0 net/ipv4/netfilter.c:53 synproxy_send_tcp.isra.0+0x2fa/0x630 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:431 synproxy_send_client_synack+0x6f6/0x8f0 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:484 nft_synproxy_eval_v4 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:59 [inline] nft_synproxy_do_eval+0xa63/0xd80 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:141 expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:237 [inline] nft_do_chain+0x2e9/0x1920 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285 nft_do_chain_inet+0x18a/0x340 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:161 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xbb/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:623 nf_hook.constprop.0+0x422/0x750 include/linux/netfilter.h:273 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:316 [inline] ip_local_deliver+0x169/0x1f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:260 dst_input include/net/dst.h:471 [inline] ip_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:454 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ip_rcv+0x2e0/0x600 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:574 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x197/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:5991 __netif_receive_skb+0x1d/0x160 net/core/dev.c:6104 process_backlog+0x442/0x15e0 net/core/dev.c:6456 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xb7/0x550 net/core/dev.c:7506 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7569 [inline] net_rx_action+0xa9f/0xfe0 net/core/dev.c:7696 handle_softirqs+0x219/0x8e0 kernel/softirq.c:579 do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:480 [inline] do_softirq+0xb2/0xf0 kernel/softirq.c:467 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x100/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:407 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline] batadv_tt_local_purge+0x21c/0x3c0 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:1315 batadv_tt_purge+0x8b/0xb80 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:3509 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3236 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline] rescuer_thread+0x620/0xea0 kernel/workqueue.c:3496 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245