[syzbot] [serial?] WARNING in register_console

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HEAD commit:    075b74841bd0 Linux 7.2-rc6
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16947db9580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=cb17729fb04b1e3a
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1ebbc20f223b99446034
compiler:       Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8

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

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kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/96d6ea3053f1/bzImage-075b7484.xz

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printk: legacy console [ttyS0] enabled
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IS_ERR(kt)
WARNING: kernel/printk/printk.c:3728 at legacy_kthread_create kernel/printk/printk.c:3728 [inline], CPU#1: syz.5.580/9206
WARNING: kernel/printk/printk.c:3728 at printk_kthreads_check_locked+0x2a7/0x3f0 kernel/printk/printk.c:3802, CPU#1: syz.5.580/9206
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9206 Comm: syz.5.580 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:legacy_kthread_create kernel/printk/printk.c:3728 [inline]
RIP: 0010:printk_kthreads_check_locked+0x2a7/0x3f0 kernel/printk/printk.c:3802
Code: fe c1 38 c1 7c 9a 4c 89 f7 e8 f5 89 8a 00 eb 90 e8 be 16 21 00 eb 05 e8 b7 16 21 00 b0 01 88 05 0f a6 08 18 e9 e2 00 00 00 90 <0f> 0b 90 48 c7 c7 80 bd 6d 8b e8 fa a0 82 ff 48 8b 1d 73 a0 04 18
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005367a70 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: fffffffffffffffc RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 664c2998e3563700
RDX: ffffc90016660000 RSI: 000000000000051b RDI: 000000000000051c
RBP: ffffc90005367b70 R08: ffff88803f2dbfaf R09: 1ffff11007e5b7f5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1007e5b7f6 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 1ffff92000a6cf5c R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007f51410156c0(0000) GS:ffff888125d3e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fb5f0865000 CR3: 0000000040d7c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 register_console+0xc19/0xfc0 kernel/printk/printk.c:4221
 console_store+0x359/0x4f0 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:2999
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a5/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x61e/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x156/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f5142dde019
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:00007f5141015028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5143066090 RCX: 00007f5142dde019
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000600 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f5142e7500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5143066128 R14: 00007f5143066090 R15: 00007ffe01de2878
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