[v6.1] INFO: rcu detected stall in dentry_kill

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HEAD commit: cd9b81672742 Linux 6.1.161
git tree: linux-6.1.y
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=13aaebfc580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=e608db5e3125a45d
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ecc91afd56cfea8535b2
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8

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rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P15139/1:b..l
(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=85329, q=322 ncpus=2)
task:syz.2.2405 state:R running task stack:22832 pid:15139 ppid:14668 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
__schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6874
irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:unwind_get_return_address+0x52/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
Code: 83 c3 48 49 89 df 49 c1 ef 03 43 80 3c 37 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 5f 45 9a 00 48 8b 3b e8 77 27 1d 00 85 c0 74 14 43 80 3c 37 00 <74> 08 48 89 df e8 44 45 9a 00 48 8b 03 eb 02 31 c0 5b 41 5e 41 5f
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000546ede8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffc9000546ee50 RCX: 0000000080000000
RDX: ffffc9000546ee01 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffffffff81b14abd
RBP: ffffc9000546ee90 R08: ffffc9000546f2e8 R09: ffffc9000546ee58
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000a8ddcd R12: ffff8880743cbb80
R13: 1ffff1100e87981e R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000a8ddca
arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
save_stack+0x121/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:127
__reset_page_owner+0x51/0x1a0 mm/page_owner.c:148
reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1459 [inline]
free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1509 [inline]
free_unref_page_prepare+0x8b4/0x9a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3384
free_unref_page_list+0xbb/0x8e0 mm/page_alloc.c:3525
release_pages+0x1fa6/0x2220 mm/swap.c:1035
__pagevec_release+0x6d/0xe0 mm/swap.c:1055
pagevec_release include/linux/pagevec.h:71 [inline]
folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:135 [inline]
shmem_undo_range+0x7c2/0x20c0 mm/shmem.c:946
shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1062 [inline]
shmem_evict_inode+0x25b/0xa80 mm/shmem.c:1171
evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
__dentry_kill+0x431/0x650 fs/dcache.c:611
dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
dput+0xfa/0x1d0 fs/dcache.c:918
__fput+0x5e0/0x920 fs/file_table.c:328
task_work_run+0x1d0/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:203
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
do_exit+0x982/0x2480 kernel/exit.c:880
do_group_exit+0x217/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1022
get_signal+0x1272/0x1350 kernel/signal.c:2871
arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc4/0x1350 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:871
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x5/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:316
exc_page_fault+0x88/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1490
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fe515f9acc1
RSP: 002b:0000000000000030 EFLAGS: 00010217
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fe516216090 RCX: 00007fe515f9acb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000030 RDI: 0000000000000600
RBP: 00007fe516008bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe516216128 R14: 00007fe516216090 R15: 00007ffd074452e8
</TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 9784 jiffies! g85329 f0x0 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:27736 pid:16 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
__schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
schedule_timeout+0x184/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x303/0x1340 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1706
rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1905
kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 0 skipped: idling at default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:741


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