[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: rcu detected stall in kill

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Apr 3, 2026, 1:50:26 PM (15 hours ago) Apr 3
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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: 9147566d8016 Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-7.0-rc6-fixes' of gi..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=151c1516580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6754c86e8d9e4c91
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9b95da55ba5146a60734
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=111973d6580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=12070dda580000

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vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/9df2af7be859/vmlinux-9147566d.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/87eba4cf352e/bzImage-9147566d.xz

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rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5969/1:b..l
rcu: (detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=14521, q=2117 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor state:R running task stack:22432 pid:5969 tgid:5969 ppid:5967 task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5298 [inline]
__schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6911
preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7238
irqentry_exit+0x599/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:239
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x2d7/0x3d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5893
Code: 16 7b 11 00 00 00 00 eb b5 e8 45 73 0d 0a f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 b9 65 48 8b 05 c5 d0 7a 11 48 3b 44 24 28 75 44 fb 48 83 c4 30 <5b> 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 95 81 6e ff cc 48 8d 3d 72 64 73
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003aafd78 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: d3d4042ff14ac900 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX: 0000000000000046
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8e16b29d RDI: ffffffff8c27d100
RBP: ffff8880290229d8 R08: ffffffff9011ccb7 R09: 1ffffffff2023996
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2023997 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff8e75e5e0 R15: ffff888029021e80
rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:322 [inline]
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:881 [inline]
kill_proc_info+0x168/0x180 kernel/signal.c:1481
kill_something_info kernel/signal.c:1577 [inline]
__do_sys_kill kernel/signal.c:3953 [inline]
__se_sys_kill+0xd9/0x460 kernel/signal.c:3947
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb210b3dda7
RSP: 002b:00007ffe1e460eb8 EFLAGS: 00000217 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000003e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007fb210b3dda7
RDX: 0000000000000097 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffe1e460efc R08: 7fffffffffffffff R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 4000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000217 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000064 R14: 000000000003f067 R15: 00007ffe1e460f50
</TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 3053 jiffies! g14521 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:27744 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5298 [inline]
__schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6911
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6993 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7008
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+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3405 Comm: kworker/R-bat_e Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_tt_purge
RIP: 0010:get_current arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:25 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x8/0x70 kernel/kcov.c:216
Code: 8b 3d 04 8b 55 0c 48 89 de 5b e9 e3 99 5e 00 cc cc cc 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 0d 28 db 56 11 65 8b 15 49 db 56 11 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000078f0 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: ffffffff878d4630 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000100
RDX: ffff888033120000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff888156eed200 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000000f0c R12: ffff88802b35bc00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888029c47000 R15: ffff888029c47408
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125457000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000557a11963a38 CR3: 00000000677c5000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dummy_validate_stream drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1244 [inline]
dummy_urb_enqueue+0x270/0x780 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1282
usb_hcd_submit_urb+0x328/0x1b70 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1542
ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb+0x4d5/0x6f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:790
__usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x376/0x540 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657
dummy_timer+0xbbd/0x45d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1995
__run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1785 [inline]
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x53a/0xcc0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1849
hrtimer_run_softirq+0x182/0x5a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1866
handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:622
do_softirq+0x76/0xd0 kernel/softirq.c:523
</IRQ>
<TASK>
__local_bh_enable_ip+0xf8/0x130 kernel/softirq.c:450
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:395 [inline]
batadv_tt_local_purge+0x2a7/0x340 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:1315
batadv_tt_purge+0x35/0x9e0 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:3509
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
rescuer_thread+0x827/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:3583
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>


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