linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule

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Message-ID: <68b4f37b.a00a0220.1337b0.003d.GAE@google.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:14:35 -0700
From: syzbot <syzbot+8926d1b522e7194a4b3e@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: anna-maria@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, 
	frederic@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
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	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: rcu detected stall in schedule_timeout (7)

syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    7fa4d8dc380f Add linux-next specific files for 20250821
git tree:       linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=11b0a1f0580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=ae76068823a236b3
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8926d1b522e7194a4b3e
compiler:       Debian clang version 20.1.7 (++20250616065708+6146a88f6049-1~exp1~20250616065826.132), Debian LLD 20.1.7
syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=12cf5a62580000
C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=15b0a1f0580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/63178c6ef3f8/disk-7fa4d8dc.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/c5c27b0841e0/vmlinux-7fa4d8dc.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/9a8832715cca/bzImage-7fa4d8dc.xz

IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+8926d1b522e7194a4b3e@...kaller.appspotmail.com

rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=8469, q=411 ncpus=2)
rcu: All QSes seen, last rcu_preempt kthread activity 10503 (4294959250-4294948747), jiffies_till_next_fqs=1, root ->qsmask 0x0
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10504 jiffies! g8469 f0x2 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->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:R  running task     stack:26728 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7288
 irqentry_exit+0x6f/0x90 kernel/entry/common.c:197
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:timer_destroy_on_stack+0x4/0x20 kernel/time/timer.c:822
Code: 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c b4 e8 f7 63 76 00 eb ad 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <53> 48 89 fb e8 43 b9 12 00 48 89 df 48 c7 c6 60 e2 ac 8b 5b e9 c3
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000157a38 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000ffffb78c RCX: ffff88801d29da00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90000157a60
RBP: ffffc90000157b30 R08: ffffffff8fe52d37 R09: 1ffffffff1fca5a6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1fca5a7 R12: 1ffff9200002af48
R13: 1ffffffff1c42240 R14: ffffc90000157a60 R15: dffffc0000000000
 schedule_timeout+0x13b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:103
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x47c/0x820 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6118 Comm: syz.1.31 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:__local_bh_disable_ip+0x44/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:329
Code: 89 f3 65 48 8b 05 4c b6 5f 11 48 89 44 24 68 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c7 04 24 b3 8a b5 41 48 c7 44 24 08 5d 5b ce 8d <48> c7 44 24 10 b0 09 86 81 49 89 e4 49 c1 ec 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003597c80 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 63bb6213f70ec600 RBX: 0000000000000200 RCX: ffff88807d190000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000200 RDI: ffffffff81699312
RBP: ffffc90003597d30 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520006b2fc6 R12: ffff88807d191940
R13: ffff88807d19002c R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007fe55f3cd6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881257c4000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000000058 CR3: 00000000741c6000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
 fpregs_lock arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h:69 [inline]
 fpu__clear_user_states+0x90/0x350 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c:813
 handle_signal arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310 [inline]
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x452/0x750 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:339
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x75/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:40
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x2bd/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fe55e5b7320
Code: 83 c0 16 83 e0 f7 74 12 50 48 8d 3d 4a 3e 08 00 e8 f5 8f f8 ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 c3 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 <83> ff 21 74 0b c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 53 48 89 f3 48
RSP: 002b:00007fe55f3ccb38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fe55e7c5fa8 RCX: 00007fe55e58ebe9
RDX: 00007fe55f3ccb40 RSI: 00007fe55f3ccc70 RDI: 0000000000000021
RBP: 00007fe55e7c5fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe55e7c6038 R14: 00007ffe9f8ccd20 R15: 00007ffe9f8cce08
 </TASK>


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