[v5.15] INFO: rcu detected stall in flock

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HEAD commit: 29e53a5b1c4f Linux 5.15.194
git tree: linux-5.15.y
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1261f132580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=e1bb6d24ef2164eb
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e75be0f2159d53041cfe
compiler: Debian clang version 20.1.8 (++20250708063551+0c9f909b7976-1~exp1~20250708183702.136), Debian LLD 20.1.8

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rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 0-...!: (10499 ticks this GP) idle=027/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=7843/7843 fqs=222
(t=10500 jiffies g=9313 q=252)
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10054 jiffies! g9313 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:
<TASK>
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
</TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:729
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4511 Comm: syz.1.44 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
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_dump_cpu_stacks+0x22f/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:349
print_cpu_stall+0x31d/0x5f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:633
check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:727 [inline]
rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x6d8/0x1110 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
</IRQ>
<TASK>
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: 0018:ffffc9000309f880 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: cfdb8ef3bca8df00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b2ac0 RDI: ffffffff8a59a4c0
RBP: ffffc9000309f9a0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff7a19
R10: fffffbfff1ff7a19 R11: 1ffffffff1ff7a18 R12: ffffffff8c11c660
R13: 1ffff92000613f1c R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:312
rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:739 [inline]
is_bpf_text_address+0x1d/0x270 kernel/bpf/core.c:725
kernel_text_address kernel/extable.c:151 [inline]
__kernel_text_address+0x9a/0x100 kernel/extable.c:105
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+0x98/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0xea/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
kmem_cache_free+0x8f/0x210 mm/slub.c:3520
locks_free_lock fs/locks.c:411 [inline]
__do_sys_flock fs/locks.c:2221 [inline]
__se_sys_flock+0x470/0x580 fs/locks.c:2181
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: 0033:0x7fdcd5f8cec9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fdcd41f4038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000049
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdcd61e3fa0 RCX: 00007fdcd5f8cec9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007fdcd600ff91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fdcd61e4038 R14: 00007fdcd61e3fa0 R15: 00007ffefca19ae8
</TASK>


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