[PATCH RESEND v3] kho: init alloc tags when restoring pages from reserved memory

[PATCH RESEND v3] kho: init alloc tags when restoring pages from reserved memory

[ranxiaokai627]

From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>

Memblock pages (including reserved memory) should have their allocation
tags initialized to CODETAG_EMPTY via clear_page_tag_ref() before being
released to the page allocator. When kho restores pages through
kho_restore_page(), missing this call causes mismatched
allocation/deallocation tracking and below warning message:

alloc_tag was not set
WARNING: include/linux/alloc_tag.h:164 at ___free_pages+0xb8/0x260, CPU#1: swapper/0/1
RIP: 0010:___free_pages+0xb8/0x260
 kho_restore_vmalloc+0x187/0x2e0
 kho_test_init+0x3c4/0xa30
 do_one_initcall+0x62/0x2b0
 kernel_init_freeable+0x25b/0x480
 kernel_init+0x1a/0x1c0
 ret_from_fork+0x2d1/0x360

Add missing clear_page_tag_ref() annotation in kho_restore_page() to
fix this.

Fixes: fc33e4b44b27 ("kexec: enable KHO support for memory preservation")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
---

v2 -> v3: 
 - also call clear_page_tag_ref() for non-compound order-0 tail pages

 kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index d4482b6e3cae..96767b106cac 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ static struct page *kho_restore_page(phys_addr_t phys, bool is_folio)
 	if (is_folio && info.order)
 		prep_compound_page(page, info.order);
 
+	/* Always mark headpage's codetag as empty to avoid accounting mismatch */
+	clear_page_tag_ref(page);
+	if (!is_folio) {
+		/* Also do that for the non-compound tail pages */
+		for (unsigned int i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++)
+			clear_page_tag_ref(page + i);
+	}
+
 	adjust_managed_page_count(page, nr_pages);
 	return page;
 }
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH RESEND v3] kho: init alloc tags when restoring pages from reserved memory

[Pratyush Yadav]

On Thu, Jan 22 2026, ranxiaokai627@163.com wrote:

> From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
>
> Memblock pages (including reserved memory) should have their allocation
> tags initialized to CODETAG_EMPTY via clear_page_tag_ref() before being
> released to the page allocator. When kho restores pages through
> kho_restore_page(), missing this call causes mismatched
> allocation/deallocation tracking and below warning message:
>
> alloc_tag was not set
> WARNING: include/linux/alloc_tag.h:164 at ___free_pages+0xb8/0x260, CPU#1: swapper/0/1
> RIP: 0010:___free_pages+0xb8/0x260
>  kho_restore_vmalloc+0x187/0x2e0
>  kho_test_init+0x3c4/0xa30
>  do_one_initcall+0x62/0x2b0
>  kernel_init_freeable+0x25b/0x480
>  kernel_init+0x1a/0x1c0
>  ret_from_fork+0x2d1/0x360
>
> Add missing clear_page_tag_ref() annotation in kho_restore_page() to
> fix this.
>
> Fixes: fc33e4b44b27 ("kexec: enable KHO support for memory preservation")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>
> v2 -> v3: 
>  - also call clear_page_tag_ref() for non-compound order-0 tail pages
>
>  kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> index d4482b6e3cae..96767b106cac 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> @@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ static struct page *kho_restore_page(phys_addr_t phys, bool is_folio)
>  	if (is_folio && info.order)
>  		prep_compound_page(page, info.order);
>  
> +	/* Always mark headpage's codetag as empty to avoid accounting mismatch */
> +	clear_page_tag_ref(page);
> +	if (!is_folio) {
> +		/* Also do that for the non-compound tail pages */
> +		for (unsigned int i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++)
> +			clear_page_tag_ref(page + i);
> +	}
> +

I think it would be a little bit better if we just did this in the loop
above instead of looping again. But I think it is fine for now. I can
fix it up in the next release.

Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>

>  	adjust_managed_page_count(page, nr_pages);
>  	return page;
>  }

-- 
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav

Re: [PATCH RESEND v3] kho: init alloc tags when restoring pages from reserved memory

[Pasha Tatashin]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM <ranxiaokai627@163.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
>
> Memblock pages (including reserved memory) should have their allocation
> tags initialized to CODETAG_EMPTY via clear_page_tag_ref() before being
> released to the page allocator. When kho restores pages through
> kho_restore_page(), missing this call causes mismatched
> allocation/deallocation tracking and below warning message:
>
> alloc_tag was not set
> WARNING: include/linux/alloc_tag.h:164 at ___free_pages+0xb8/0x260, CPU#1: swapper/0/1
> RIP: 0010:___free_pages+0xb8/0x260
>  kho_restore_vmalloc+0x187/0x2e0
>  kho_test_init+0x3c4/0xa30
>  do_one_initcall+0x62/0x2b0
>  kernel_init_freeable+0x25b/0x480
>  kernel_init+0x1a/0x1c0
>  ret_from_fork+0x2d1/0x360
>
> Add missing clear_page_tag_ref() annotation in kho_restore_page() to
> fix this.
>
> Fixes: fc33e4b44b27 ("kexec: enable KHO support for memory preservation")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>
> v2 -> v3:
>  - also call clear_page_tag_ref() for non-compound order-0 tail pages
>
>  kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> index d4482b6e3cae..96767b106cac 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> @@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ static struct page *kho_restore_page(phys_addr_t phys, bool is_folio)
>         if (is_folio && info.order)
>                 prep_compound_page(page, info.order);
>
> +       /* Always mark headpage's codetag as empty to avoid accounting mismatch */
> +       clear_page_tag_ref(page);
> +       if (!is_folio) {
> +               /* Also do that for the non-compound tail pages */
> +               for (unsigned int i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++)
> +                       clear_page_tag_ref(page + i);
> +       }
> +

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>

Pasha

>         adjust_managed_page_count(page, nr_pages);
>         return page;
>  }
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>
>

Re: [PATCH RESEND v3] kho: init alloc tags when restoring pages from reserved memory

[Mike Rapoport]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 01:27:40PM +0000, ranxiaokai627@163.com wrote:
> From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
> 
> Memblock pages (including reserved memory) should have their allocation
> tags initialized to CODETAG_EMPTY via clear_page_tag_ref() before being
> released to the page allocator. When kho restores pages through
> kho_restore_page(), missing this call causes mismatched
> allocation/deallocation tracking and below warning message:
> 
> alloc_tag was not set
> WARNING: include/linux/alloc_tag.h:164 at ___free_pages+0xb8/0x260, CPU#1: swapper/0/1
> RIP: 0010:___free_pages+0xb8/0x260
>  kho_restore_vmalloc+0x187/0x2e0
>  kho_test_init+0x3c4/0xa30
>  do_one_initcall+0x62/0x2b0
>  kernel_init_freeable+0x25b/0x480
>  kernel_init+0x1a/0x1c0
>  ret_from_fork+0x2d1/0x360
> 
> Add missing clear_page_tag_ref() annotation in kho_restore_page() to
> fix this.
> 
> Fixes: fc33e4b44b27 ("kexec: enable KHO support for memory preservation")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

> ---
> 
> v2 -> v3: 
>  - also call clear_page_tag_ref() for non-compound order-0 tail pages
> 
>  kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> index d4482b6e3cae..96767b106cac 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> @@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ static struct page *kho_restore_page(phys_addr_t phys, bool is_folio)
>  	if (is_folio && info.order)
>  		prep_compound_page(page, info.order);
>  
> +	/* Always mark headpage's codetag as empty to avoid accounting mismatch */
> +	clear_page_tag_ref(page);
> +	if (!is_folio) {
> +		/* Also do that for the non-compound tail pages */
> +		for (unsigned int i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++)
> +			clear_page_tag_ref(page + i);
> +	}
> +
>  	adjust_managed_page_count(page, nr_pages);
>  	return page;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.