[syzbot] [openvswitch?] INFO: task hung in ovs_dp_masks_rebalance (8)

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HEAD commit:    a23cbb05744b Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2026-08-30' of git:/..
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dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=75ce0a9129024fa8cbf6
compiler:       Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8

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INFO: task kworker/0:0:9 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:0     state:D stack:22128 pid:9     tgid:9     ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: events ovs_dp_masks_rebalance
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5520 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17db/0x58f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7362
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7419
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7c1/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 ovs_lock net/openvswitch/datapath.c:108 [inline]
 ovs_dp_masks_rebalance+0x2f/0xe0 net/openvswitch/datapath.c:2602
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 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>
INFO: task kworker/u8:1:13 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u8:1    state:D stack:22376 pid:13    tgid:13    ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_verify_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5520 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17db/0x58f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7362
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7419
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7c1/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:134 [inline]
 addrconf_verify_work+0x19/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4770
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 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>
INFO: task kworker/u8:2:27 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u8:2    state:D stack:23808 pid:27    tgid:27    ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5520 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17db/0x58f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7362
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7419
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7c1/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 ops_exit_rtnl_list net/core/net_namespace.c:173 [inline]
 ops_undo_list+0x28e/0x8d0 net/core/net_namespace.c:249
 cleanup_net+0x572/0x810 net/core/net_namespace.c:706
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 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>
INFO: task kworker/1:1:31 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:1     state:D stack:22232 pid:31    tgid:31    ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: events ovs_dp_masks_rebalance
Call Trace:


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