Re: [syzbot] [batman?] INFO: rcu detected stall in batadv_iv_send_outstanding_bat_ogm_packet (6)

syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    cc3aa43b44bd Add linux-next specific files for 20251219
git tree:       linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=12b62022580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=da1bc82c6189c463
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=62348313fb96b25955aa
compiler:       Debian clang version 20.1.8 (++20250708063551+0c9f909b7976-1~exp1~20250708183702.136), Debian LLD 20.1.8
syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=12abdf1a580000
C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=118eef1a580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/30bf539e6f28/disk-cc3aa43b.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0e2f8b08e342/vmlinux-cc3aa43b.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ec7ee6ece11f/bzImage-cc3aa43b.xz

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Reported-by: [email protected]

rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P198/1:b..l P5961/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=13701, q=705 ncpus=2)
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:24376 pid:5961  tgid:5961  ppid:5200   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5258 [inline]
 __schedule+0x150e/0x5070 kernel/sched/core.c:6866
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7193
 irqentry_exit+0x5d8/0x660 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_reschedule_ipi+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x2a6/0x3b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5893
Code: 4d 48 c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 75 52 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 05 2a 0f 01 11 <48> 3b 44 24 28 75 75 48 83 c4 30 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003aa78b0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 6d71d4c1a37b0900 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX: 6d71d4c1a37b0900
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8db7ed49 RDI: ffffffff8be07960
RBP: ffff88802e53a9b0 R08: ffffc90003aa7b20 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90003aa7a38 R11: fffff52000754f49 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff8e13f2e0 R15: ffff88802e539e80
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:897 [inline]
 class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0x1ab1/0x23d0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:695
 arch_stack_walk+0x11c/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2540 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6674 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x197/0x620 mm/slub.c:6785
 do_readlinkat+0x293/0x500 fs/stat.c:596
 __do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:613 [inline]
 __se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:610 [inline]
 __x64_sys_readlink+0x7f/0x90 fs/stat.c:610
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd103b153a7
RSP: 002b:00007ffefbfc23a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000059
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffefbfc2880 RCX: 00007fd103b153a7
RDX: 0000000000000400 RSI: 00007ffefbfc23b0 RDI: 00007ffefbfc2880
RBP: 00007ffefbfc23b0 R08: 000055a62739fc90 R09: 0000000000000020
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000400
R13: 00007ffefbfc30b5 R14: 000055a5fb7d0ca4 R15: 000055a5fb7d0bcc
 </TASK>
task:kworker/u8:6    state:R  running task     stack:23512 pid:198   tgid:198   ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_iv_send_outstanding_bat_ogm_packet
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5258 [inline]
 __schedule+0x150e/0x5070 kernel/sched/core.c:6866
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7193
 irqentry_exit+0x5d8/0x660 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x16c/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872
Code: 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 30 f7 44 24 30 00 02 00 00 0f 85 cd 00 00 00 f7 44 24 08 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 05 44 41 01 11 <48> 3b 44 24 58 0f 85 e5 00 00 00 48 83 c4 60 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e
RSP: 0018:ffffc900030177e0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 9c7a27e9643fc600 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 9c7a27e9643fc600
RDX: 00000000814aee25 RSI: ffffffff8db7ed49 RDI: ffffffff8be07960
RBP: ffffffff8b269940 R08: ffffffff8b269940 R09: ffffffff8e13f2e0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f2f1517 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffffffff8e13f2e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000246
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline]
 batadv_iv_ogm_slide_own_bcast_window net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c:761 [inline]
 batadv_iv_ogm_schedule_buff net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c:833 [inline]
 batadv_iv_ogm_schedule+0x454/0xf00 net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c:873
 batadv_iv_send_outstanding_bat_ogm_packet+0x6c6/0x7e0 net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c:1709
 process_one_work+0x93a/0x15a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3279
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3362 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x9b0/0xee0 kernel/workqueue.c:3443
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10314 jiffies! g13701 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:27232 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5258 [inline]
 __schedule+0x150e/0x5070 kernel/sched/core.c:6866
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6948 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6963
 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 33 9e 2a 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <e9> 48 ee 02 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197de0 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: af5d4f71fc268f00 RBX: ffffffff819786ba RCX: af5d4f71fc268f00
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d997e54 RDI: ffffffff8be07960
RBP: ffffc90000197f10 R08: ffff8880b87336db R09: 1ffff110170e66db
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e66dc R12: ffffffff8fa22f70
R13: 1ffff11003adab70 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125d25000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007efd7aea1f98 CR3: 0000000032c9a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x73/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1ea/0x520 kernel/sched/idle.c:332
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430
 start_secondary+0x101/0x110 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>


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