[v6.6] INFO: rcu detected stall in sendfile64

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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: 924b4a879cbb Linux 6.6.142
git tree: linux-6.6.y
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=149a90ae580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=90249d2d52c08134
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=419fa9f4a183b1e48463
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8

Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

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kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/5a9aa3293c15/bzImage-924b4a87.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): P21771/1:b..l
rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=112149, q=126 ncpus=2)
task:syz.8.4586 state:R running task stack:26568 pid:21771 ppid:11064 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
__schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7010
irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:__rcu_read_unlock+0xa/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:419
Code: 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c e3 48 89 df e8 8e b4 6d 00 eb d9 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 55 <41> 54 53 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 65 48 8b 3d 11 ff 91 7e 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000dca7780 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff81b5be6b RBX: ffffffff81b5bc2e RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9001126b000 RSI: 000000000007ffff RDI: 0000000000080000
RBP: ffffc9000dca78a0 R08: ffffea00013313f7 R09: 1ffffd400026627e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff9400026627f R12: 1ffff92001b94ef8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffea00013313c0 R15: 0000000000000001
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:818 [inline]
filemap_get_entry+0x36a/0x3f0 mm/filemap.c:1870
shmem_get_folio_gfp+0x2a5/0x2aa0 mm/shmem.c:1975
shmem_get_folio mm/shmem.c:2164 [inline]
shmem_file_splice_read+0x250/0xc60 mm/shmem.c:2954
splice_direct_to_actor+0x26b/0x8c0 fs/splice.c:1069
do_splice_direct+0x1d5/0x2f0 fs/splice.c:1194
do_sendfile+0x5f2/0xef0 fs/read_write.c:1254
__do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
__se_sys_sendfile64+0x145/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1308
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa5e899ce59
RSP: 002b:00007fa5e97d0028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000028
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa5e8c15fa0 RCX: 00007fa5e899ce59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007fa5e8a32d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 000000000003ffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa5e8c16038 R14: 00007fa5e8c15fa0 R15: 00007ffd6581ebf8
</TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10409 jiffies! g112149 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:17 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
__schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866
kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
</TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148
Code: 88 1f 02 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 43 e4 3f 00 fb f4 <c3> 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2e 41 89 de 80
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000187de0 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: e8ffe56010701500 RBX: ffffffff8162ae21 RCX: e8ffe56010701500
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8acacbe0 RDI: ffffffff8b1c9c20
RBP: ffffc90000187f20 R08: ffff8880b8f36bab R09: 1ffff110171e6d75
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6d76 R12: 1ffff92000030fc8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 1ffff110037cb780 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f133381f040 CR3: 0000000021149000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline]
default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753
default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97
cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:178 [inline]
do_idle+0x221/0x590 kernel/sched/idle.c:302
cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:401
start_secondary+0xee/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:323
secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b
</TASK>


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Jul 2, 2026, 4:35:24 AM (7 days ago) Jul 2
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syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:

HEAD commit: d1cfde2d5d15 Linux 6.6.143
git tree: linux-6.6.y
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=155cb146580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=441765643cbfb8d
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=419fa9f4a183b1e48463
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.6 (++20260514074242+fc4aad7b5db3-1~exp1~20260514074407.73), Debian LLD 22.1.6
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=136f21d0580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=1432b9fa580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/4e37bcd98892/disk-d1cfde2d.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/64b2ed856057/vmlinux-d1cfde2d.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0a6949479d66/bzImage-d1cfde2d.xz

IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+419fa9...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P11/2:b..l
rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=13529, q=415 ncpus=2)
task:kworker/u4:0 state:R running task stack:25032 pid:11 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
__schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6867
preempt_schedule+0xc0/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6891
preempt_schedule_thunk+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:45
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x14b/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:413
local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:856 [inline]
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1bc2/0x3630 net/core/dev.c:4490
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3113 [inline]
neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:527 [inline]
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:541 [inline]
ip6_finish_output2+0xdf7/0x1620 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:141
dst_output include/net/dst.h:467 [inline]
NF_HOOK+0x167/0x4a0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304
mld_sendpack+0x802/0xd60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1823
ipv6_mc_dad_complete+0x87/0x4b0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2248
addrconf_dad_completed+0x77e/0xd90 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4327
addrconf_dad_work+0xc9e/0x1550 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
</TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10532 jiffies! g13529 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:25960 pid:17 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
__schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x30d/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866
kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
</TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 6021 Comm: syz.1.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:netdev_core_pick_tx+0x11a/0x370 net/core/dev.c:4325
Code: 8b 6d 00 49 83 c5 30 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 08 00 74 08 4c 89 ef e8 fa 44 67 f9 4d 8b 6d 00 <4d> 85 ed 74 13 e8 7c d0 0e f9 48 89 df 4c 89 f6 4c 89 e2 41 ff d5
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001f0668 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffffffff16a68e2 RBX: ffff88806ca10000 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: ffff88802c6dbc00 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff22378ad
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22378ae R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88801fb0b640 R15: 1ffff1100d942089
FS: 000055557c607500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000004200 CR3: 000000005f210000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
__dev_queue_xmit+0x864/0x3630 net/core/dev.c:4410
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3113 [inline]
hsr_xmit net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:382 [inline]
hsr_forward_do net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:473 [inline]
hsr_forward_skb+0x12a9/0x20b0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:626
send_hsr_supervision_frame+0x5fb/0xb90 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:346
hsr_announce+0x198/0x350 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:402
call_timer_fn+0x189/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1701
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1752 [inline]
__run_timers+0x570/0x810 kernel/time/timer.c:2023
run_timer_softirq+0x67/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2036
handle_softirqs+0x27d/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661
irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:in_gate_area_no_mm+0x3d/0x50 arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c:332
Code: 0b bf 02 00 00 00 89 ee e8 00 4d 86 00 83 fd 02 40 0f 95 c5 48 81 e3 00 f0 ff ff 48 c7 c7 00 00 60 ff 48 89 de e8 73 4d 86 00 <48> 81 fb 00 00 60 ff 0f 94 c0 40 20 e8 0f b6 c0 5b 5d c3 f3 0f 1e
RSP: 0018:ffffc900035073b8 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff81009c1d RBX: 00007fd46899d000 RCX: ffff88802c6dbc00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fd46899d000 RDI: ffffffffff600000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffff88802c6dbc00 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff8aa000d0
R13: ffffc90003507840 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff920006a0e8e
is_kernel_text include/linux/kallsyms.h:31 [inline]
core_kernel_text kernel/extable.c:68 [inline]
kernel_text_address+0x2d/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:99
__kernel_text_address+0xd/0x30 kernel/extable.c:79
unwind_get_return_address+0x5d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:369
arch_stack_walk+0x11d/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837
slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
__kmem_cache_free+0xba/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3843
iter_file_splice_write+0xb36/0xcf0 fs/splice.c:764
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:933 [inline]
direct_splice_actor+0xe8/0x130 fs/splice.c:1142
splice_direct_to_actor+0x30b/0x8e0 fs/splice.c:1088
do_splice_direct+0x1d5/0x2f0 fs/splice.c:1194
do_sendfile+0x52b/0xe80 fs/read_write.c:1254
__do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
__se_sys_sendfile64+0x145/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1308
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd46899de59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fffc47efc68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000028
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd468c25fa0 RCX: 00007fd46899de59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000007 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007fd468a33e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 000000007fffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd468c25fac R14: 00007fd468c25fa0 R15: 00007fd468c25fa0
</TASK>


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