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

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HEAD commit: 779f9571ac3e Linux 6.1.164
git tree: linux-6.1.y
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=131a0e52580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f0605c5af04d7603
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bc44610a550bcf752452
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): P6751/1:b..l
(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=26285, q=147 ncpus=2)
task:udevadm state:R running task stack:23952 pid:6751 ppid:4355 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:lock_acquire+0x5f/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5630
Code: 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 84 24 c0 00 00 00 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c7 44 24 60 b3 8a b5 41 48 c7 44 24 68 f7 7d 3c 8c <48> c7 44 24 70 90 3e 64 81 4c 8d 6c 24 60 49 c1 ed 03 48 b8 f1 f1
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c577740 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 5a1e7e6c98ad4200 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8cb2d620
RBP: ffffc9000c577858 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520018aef2d R12: ffff88807d045940
R13: ffffc9000c577d20 R14: 00007f800fb153a7 R15: dffffc0000000000
rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
is_bpf_text_address+0x43/0x2a0 kernel/bpf/core.c:735
kernel_text_address+0x9c/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:125
__kernel_text_address+0x9/0x30 kernel/extable.c:79
unwind_get_return_address+0x49/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
kasan_save_free_info+0x2d/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x131/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
__kmem_cache_free+0xb6/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3700
do_delayed_call include/linux/delayed_call.h:28 [inline]
vfs_readlink+0x227/0x3e0 fs/namei.c:5136
do_readlinkat+0x251/0x490 fs/stat.c:480
__do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:501 [inline]
__se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:498 [inline]
__x64_sys_readlink+0x7b/0x90 fs/stat.c:498
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f800fb153a7
RSP: 002b:00007fffed30c8a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000059
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fffed30cd80 RCX: 00007f800fb153a7
RDX: 0000000000000400 RSI: 00007fffed30c8b0 RDI: 00007fffed30cd80
RBP: 00007fffed30c8b0 R08: 00005573d507d27b R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00005573d5074da1 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000400
R13: 00005573b58396b2 R14: 00005573d507d27b R15: 00007fffed30d9c0
</TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 9834 jiffies! g26285 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:27608 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:
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:742
Code: 48 89 df e8 27 c3 9c f7 e9 44 ff ff ff e8 3d 07 f6 ff 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 66 90 0f 00 2d 77 0c 50 00 fb f4 <c3> 0f 1f 40 00 41 57 41 56 53 49 be 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 65 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000177de8 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: 85e68f83dd3f3c00 RBX: ffffffff8a36a2b7 RCX: 85e68f83dd3f3c00
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8a8c1220 RDI: ffffffff8adf0de0
RBP: ffffc90000177f20 R08: ffff8880b8f3580b R09: 1ffff110171e6b01
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6b02 R12: 1ffff9200002efc8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88813fef9dc0 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fb0d1d846c8 CR3: 00000000237ca000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
default_idle_call+0x84/0xc0 kernel/sched/idle.c:109
cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
do_idle+0x20d/0x5a0 kernel/sched/idle.c:303
cpu_startup_entry+0x3f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:401
start_secondary+0xe4/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:281
secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xcf/0xdb
</TASK>


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