rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=21705, q=1604 ncpus=2) rcu: All QSes seen, last rcu_preempt kthread activity 7943 (4294961456-4294953513), jiffies_till_next_fqs=1, root ->qsmask 0x0 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 7943 jiffies! g21705 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:27536 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5387 [inline] __schedule+0x17b4/0x5680 kernel/sched/core.c:7188 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7267 [inline] schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7282 schedule_timeout+0x158/0x2c0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x312/0x11d0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2095 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9e/0x2b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2297 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 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: 5799 Comm: kworker/1:5 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker RIP: 0010:get_current arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:25 [inline] RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:245 [inline] RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4+0x8/0x90 kernel/kcov.c:314 Code: 89 44 11 20 e9 49 77 e5 09 cc 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 <65> 48 8b 15 88 4f 73 11 65 8b 0d a9 4f 73 11 81 e1 00 01 ff 00 74 RSP: 0000:ffffc90000a08dd0 EFLAGS: 00000006 RAX: ffffffff81b274e0 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffff888028dc8000 RDX: 0000000000010000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000007 RBP: ffff88803417e300 R08: ffff8880b8728283 R09: 1ffff110170e5050 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e5051 R12: ffff8880b8728280 R13: 1ffff110170e508a R14: ffff8880b87284a0 R15: ffffffff89b81b40 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125390000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fcad581b3a0 CR3: 000000000e74a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: cpu_max_bits_warn include/linux/cpumask.h:138 [inline] cpumask_check include/linux/cpumask.h:145 [inline] cpumask_test_cpu include/linux/cpumask.h:649 [inline] cpu_online include/linux/cpumask.h:1231 [inline] trace_hrtimer_expire_entry include/trace/events/timer.h:261 [inline] __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1927 [inline] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x2e0/0xa20 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1994 hrtimer_interrupt+0x44b/0x950 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2113 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline] __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x102/0x430 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1067 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa1/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697 RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x221/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872 Code: ff ff ff e8 e1 94 06 0a f7 44 24 08 00 02 00 00 0f 84 3a ff ff ff 65 48 8b 05 cb 5f 97 11 48 3b 44 24 58 75 33 fb 48 83 c4 60 <5b> 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc 48 8d 3d 58 61 92 RSP: 0000:ffffc90003a17940 EFLAGS: 00000282 RAX: 29825bff2aab9800 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000046 RDX: 00000000a83063e8 RSI: ffffffff8e21bc35 RDI: ffffffff8c28abe0 RBP: ffffffff89cb7a3d R08: ffffffff89cb7a3d R09: ffffffff8e95cd60 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff206147f R12: 0000000000000002 R13: ffffffff8e95cd60 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000246 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline] rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline] gc_worker+0x281/0x1290 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1543 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xb5d/0x1860 kernel/workqueue.c:3385 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3466 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245