Hello All, Observed null pointer dereference during rcutorture test on linux-next tree from next-20230602. Commit ID: commit bc708bbd8260ee4eb3428b0109f5f3be661fae46 (HEAD, tag: next-20230602) Here I am attaching log trace [12133.344278] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_read_exit: Start of test [12133.344282] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_read_exit: Start of episode [12138.350637] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_read_exit: End of episode [12143.419412] smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline [12143.427996] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000128 [12143.435777] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [12143.441517] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [12143.447256] PGD 0 P4D 0 [12143.450087] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [12143.454955] CPU: 68 PID: 978653 Comm: rcu_torture_rea Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.4.0-rc5-next-20230606-1686061107994 #1 [12143.467095] Hardware name: AMD Corporation Speedway/Speedway, BIOS RSW1009C 07/27/2018 [12143.475934] RIP: 0010:__bitmap_and+0x18/0x70 [12143.480713] Code: 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 89 cb 49 89 f9 41 c1 eb 06 74 51 45 89 da 31 c0 45 31 c0 <48> 8b 3c c6 48 23 3c c2 49 89 3c c1 48 83 c0 01 49 09 f8 49 39 c2 [12143.501675] RSP: 0018:ffffa3a90db70d90 EFLAGS: 00010046 [12143.507510] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000080 [12143.515468] RDX: ffff8a1ec17a1d68 RSI: 0000000000000128 RDI: ffff8a1e800429c0 [12143.523425] RBP: ffff8a1ec17a1980 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff8a1e800429c0 [12143.531385] R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff8a1e800429c0 [12143.539352] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000032580 R15: 0000000000000000 [12143.547320] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a2dbf100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [12143.556354] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [12143.562770] CR2: 0000000000000128 CR3: 0000003089e50000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 [12143.570729] Call Trace: [12143.573463] <IRQ> [12143.575714] ? __die+0x24/0x70 [12143.579130] ? page_fault_oops+0x82/0x150 [12143.583615] ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150 [12143.588001] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 [12143.592678] ? __bitmap_and+0x18/0x70 [12143.596768] select_idle_cpu+0x84/0x3d0 [12143.601059] select_idle_sibling+0x1b7/0x500 [12143.605831] select_task_rq_fair+0x1b2/0x2e0 [12143.610603] select_task_rq+0x7a/0xc0 [12143.614696] try_to_wake_up+0xe8/0x550 [12143.618885] ? update_process_times+0x83/0x90 [12143.623747] ? __pfx_hrtimer_wakeup+0x10/0x10 [12143.628615] hrtimer_wakeup+0x22/0x30 [12143.632706] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x112/0x2b0 [12143.637574] hrtimer_interrupt+0x100/0x240 [12143.642152] __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x63/0x130 [12143.647796] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x71/0x90 [12143.653149] </IRQ> [12143.655493] <TASK> [12143.657834] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [12143.663573] RIP: 0010:rcu_torture_read_lock+0x4/0x20 [rcutorture] [12143.670389] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 e9 12 5a f6 d7 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <0f> 1f 44 00 00 e8 b2 12 f6 d7 31 c0 e9 7b 9c a0 d8 66 66 2e 0f 1f [12143.691351] RSP: 0018:ffffa3a90e3ebc40 EFLAGS: 00000202 [12143.697187] RAX: ffffffffc1dff0b0 RBX: 00000000ffffffff RCX: 0000000000000008 [12143.705155] RDX: 0000000000000060 RSI: 0000000000000060 RDI: ffffa3a90e3ebccc [12143.713124] RBP: 0000000000000060 R08: 0000000000000060 R09: 0000000000000000 [12143.721091] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000060 [12143.729057] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffa3a90e3ebe20 [12143.737027] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_read_lock+0x10/0x10 [rcutorture] [12143.743845] rcutorture_one_extend+0xc2/0x3a0 [rcutorture] [12143.749980] rcu_torture_one_read+0x192/0x550 [rcutorture] [12143.756115] ? update_load_avg+0x7e/0x740 [12143.760593] ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x15/0x30 [12143.765749] ? newidle_balance+0x26e/0x400 [12143.770330] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_reader+0x10/0x10 [rcutorture] [12143.776854] rcu_torture_reader+0xcd/0x280 [rcutorture] [12143.782698] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_timer+0x10/0x10 [rcutorture] [12143.789124] kthread+0xe6/0x120 [12143.792636] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [12143.796823] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 [12143.800824] </TASK> Please let me know if any extra information is required. Thanks & Regards Ayush Jain