Re: [syzbot] [lvs?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in ip_vs_conn_expire

	Hello,

On Tue, 14 Apr 2026, Jiayuan Chen wrote:

> 
> On 4/14/26 6:30 PM, syzbot wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > Reported-by: [email protected]
> >
> > BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
> > kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48
> 
> 
> 
> The problem occurs under PREEMPT_RT. conn_tab_lock pair with spin_lock has the
> problem:
> 
>     conn_tab_lock(...) -> hlist_bl_lock -> preempt_disable()  ==> disables
> preemption
>     spin_lock(&cp->lock) -> rt_mutex  ==> sleepable under RT, but preemption
> is already disabled by conn_tab_lock

	I guess, spin_lock(&cp->lock) which sleeps under
PREEMPT_RT, should not be called under bit spinlock.
I'll check it soon...

> > in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 16, name: ktimers/0
> > preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
> > RCU nest depth: 3, expected: 3
> > 8 locks held by ktimers/0/16:
> >   #0: ffffffff8de5f260 (local_bh){.+.+}-{1:3}, at:
> >   __local_bh_disable_ip+0x3c/0x420 kernel/softirq.c:163
> >   #1: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at:
> >   __local_bh_disable_ip+0x3c/0x420 kernel/softirq.c:163
> >   #2: ffff8880b8826360 (&base->expiry_lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock
> >   include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
> >   #2: ffff8880b8826360 (&base->expiry_lock){+...}-{3:3}, at:
> >   timer_base_lock_expiry kernel/time/timer.c:1502 [inline]
> >   #2: ffff8880b8826360 (&base->expiry_lock){+...}-{3:3}, at:
> >   __run_timer_base+0x120/0x9f0 kernel/time/timer.c:2384
> >   #3: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire
> >   include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
> >   #3: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock
> >   include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
> >   #3: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __rt_spin_lock
> >   kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:50 [inline]
> >   #3: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at:
> >   rt_spin_lock+0x1e0/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57
> >   #4: ffffc90000157a80 ((&cp->timer)){+...}-{0:0}, at:
> >   call_timer_fn+0xd4/0x5e0 kernel/time/timer.c:1745
> >   #5: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire
> >   include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
> >   #5: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock
> >   include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
> >   #5: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: ip_vs_conn_unlink
> >   net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c:315 [inline]
> >   #5: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at:
> >   ip_vs_conn_expire+0x257/0x2390 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c:1260
> >   #6: ffffffff8de5f260 (local_bh){.+.+}-{1:3}, at:
> >   __local_bh_disable_ip+0x3c/0x420 kernel/softirq.c:163
> >   #7: ffff888068d4c3f0 (&cp->lock#2){+...}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock
> >   include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
> >   #7: ffff888068d4c3f0 (&cp->lock#2){+...}-{3:3}, at: ip_vs_conn_unlink
> >   net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c:324 [inline]
> >   #7: ffff888068d4c3f0 (&cp->lock#2){+...}-{3:3}, at:
> >   ip_vs_conn_expire+0xd4a/0x2390 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c:1260
> > Preemption disabled at:
> > [<ffffffff898a6358>] bit_spin_lock include/linux/bit_spinlock.h:38 [inline]
> > [<ffffffff898a6358>] hlist_bl_lock+0x18/0x110 include/linux/list_bl.h:149
> > CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: ktimers/0 Tainted: G        W    L
> > syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
> > Tainted: [W]=WARN, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
> > Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
> > Google 03/18/2026
> > Call Trace:
> >   <TASK>
> >   dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
> >   __might_resched+0x329/0x480 kernel/sched/core.c:9162
> >   __rt_spin_lock kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48 [inline]
> >   rt_spin_lock+0xc2/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57
> >   spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
> >   ip_vs_conn_unlink net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c:324 [inline]
> >   ip_vs_conn_expire+0xd4a/0x2390 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c:1260
> >   call_timer_fn+0x192/0x5e0 kernel/time/timer.c:1748
> >   expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1799 [inline]
> >   __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2374 [inline]
> >   __run_timer_base+0x6a3/0x9f0 kernel/time/timer.c:2386
> >   run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2395 [inline]
> >   run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x170 kernel/time/timer.c:2405
> >   handle_softirqs+0x1de/0x6d0 kernel/softirq.c:622
> >   __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
> >   run_ktimerd+0x69/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:1151
> >   smpboot_thread_fn+0x541/0xa50 kernel/smpboot.c:160
> >   kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
> >   ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
> >   ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
> >   </TASK>

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>