rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4604/1:b..l (detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=14381, q=196) task:kworker/0:6 state:R running task stack:24800 pid: 4604 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline] __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb1/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6799 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676 RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x1f2/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5627 Code: 00 9c 8f 84 24 80 00 00 00 f6 84 24 81 00 00 00 02 0f 85 f6 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 66 43 c7 44 3d 09 00 00 43 c6 44 3d 0b RSP: 0000:ffffc9000360f9a0 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 5870c9d97c22ee00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b2ac0 RDI: ffffffff8a59a4c0 RBP: ffffc9000360fac0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff7a19 R10: fffffbfff1ff7a19 R11: 1ffffffff1ff7a18 R12: ffffffff8c11c660 R13: 1ffff920006c1f40 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:739 [inline] gc_worker+0x25c/0x13a0 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1470 process_one_work+0x863/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2310 worker_thread+0xaa8/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10522 jiffies! g14381 f0x0 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:27656 pid: 15 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline] __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478 schedule_timeout+0x15c/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:1914 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x29e/0x11b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1972 rcu_gp_kthread+0x98/0x350 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2145 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: NMI backtrace for cpu 1 CPU: 1 PID: 4933 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x397/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline] rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation+0x1cd/0x250 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:487 print_other_cpu_stall+0x10c8/0x1220 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:592 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:745 [inline] rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline] rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x831/0x1110 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1818 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline] tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4fe/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3bb/0x8d0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline] __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9b/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676 RIP: 0010:native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline] RIP: 0010:arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline] RIP: 0010:kvm_wait+0x141/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c:918 Code: 89 df 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 30 84 c0 75 47 0f b6 1f e8 5f e0 49 00 44 38 e3 75 10 66 90 0f 00 2d e1 65 d4 08 fb f4 33 ff ff ff fb e9 2d ff ff ff e8 8f 26 75 08 89 f9 80 e1 07 38 RSP: 0018:ffffc900012ee680 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: d92ad6d1bc73c600 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: d92ad6d1bc73c600 RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1820 RDI: ffffffff8a59a4c0 RBP: ffffc900012ee730 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff7a1a R10: fffffbfff1ff7a1a R11: 1ffffffff1ff7a19 R12: 0000000000000003 R13: ffff8880b913b154 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff9200025dcd0 pv_wait arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:597 [inline] pv_wait_head_or_lock kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:470 [inline] __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x60f/0x9c0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:508 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:585 [inline] queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:85 [inline] do_raw_spin_lock+0x217/0x280 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:363 [inline] __register_sysctl_table+0x7cd/0x1230 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:1334 neigh_sysctl_register+0x9a1/0xa80 net/core/neighbour.c:3718 devinet_sysctl_register+0xa8/0x1f0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:2640 inetdev_init+0x28c/0x4d0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:277 inetdev_event+0x280/0x1360 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1543 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline] raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2061 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2075 [inline] register_netdevice+0x1275/0x16b0 net/core/dev.c:10428 veth_newlink+0x8ed/0xda0 drivers/net/veth.c:1714 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3524 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x114c/0x17d0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3572 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x9b9/0xe60 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5650 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e0/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x774/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ab/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:704 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:716 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x423/0x580 net/socket.c:2063 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2075 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2071 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2071 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0 RIP: 0033:0x7f8f18b5aa9c Code: 1a 51 02 00 44 8b 4c 24 2c 4c 8b 44 24 20 89 c5 44 8b 54 24 28 48 8b 54 24 18 b8 2c 00 00 00 48 8b 74 24 10 8b 7c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 34 89 ef 48 89 44 24 08 e8 60 51 02 00 48 8b RSP: 002b:00007ffff2aee1e0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8f197af620 RCX: 00007f8f18b5aa9c RDX: 0000000000000068 RSI: 00007f8f197af670 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffff2aee234 R09: 000000000000000c R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f8f197af670 R15: 0000000000000000