* [7.0-rc1] codetag: kernel warning "alloc_tag was not set" during boot
@ 2026-02-23 15:51 David Wang
2026-02-23 17:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Wang @ 2026-02-23 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: surenb, vbabka; +Cc: linux-mm, linux-kernel
Hi,
When upgrade to 7.0.0-rc1, caught a kernel WARN during boot:
------------[ cut here ]------------
alloc_tag was not set
WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:166 at __alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120, CPU#4: (udev-worker)/145
Modules linked in: xhci_pci(E+) ahci(E) libahci(E) xhci_hcd(E) nvme(E) sp5100_tco(E) libata(E) r8169(E) realtek(E) usbcore(E) nvme_core(E) scsi_mod(E) scsi_common(E) usb_common(E) i2c_piix4(E) i2c_smbus(E) wmi(E) fjes(E-) gpio_amdpt(E) gpio_generic(E) button(E) efivarfs(E)
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 145 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc1-linan-0 #802 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B89/B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89), BIOS 2.L0 07/18/2024
RIP: 0010:__alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120
Code: 2c d3 e8 0f af c2 4c 01 f0 48 89 c3 74 9e 48 8b 00 41 8b 54 24 18 48 85 c0 0f 85 6c ff ff ff 89 54 24 04 48 8d 3d da 4e 44 01 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 8b 03 8b 54 24 04 48 85 c0 0f 85 4c ff ff ff 48
RSP: 0018:ffffd28e40278e80 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8c36422d82c0 RCX: 0000000000000008
RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: fffff352840bb800 RDI: ffffffffadc4aee0
RBP: ffffd28e40278ec8 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: ffffffffac80e09c
R10: ffff8c3640042200 R11: ffff8c364dca2480 R12: ffff8c3640042a00
R13: fffff352840bb800 R14: ffff8c36422d8200 R15: ffffd28e40278ed0
FS: 00007fa2ca8be980(0000) GS:ffff8c39c0c1a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa2c9b727a5 CR3: 00000001158cc000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
? rcu_core+0x451/0x750
kfree+0xab/0x370
rcu_core+0x451/0x750
? rcu_core+0x3eb/0x750
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
handle_softirqs+0x100/0x2e0
__irq_exit_rcu+0xb1/0x100
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9d/0xc0
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20
RIP: 0010:xhci_handshake+0x56/0xc0 [xhci_hcd]
Code: fa 8b 07 89 f1 49 89 fe 41 89 f5 21 c1 41 39 cc 75 22 eb 3c f3 90 48 81 eb e9 03 00 00 48 89 da 48 c1 ea 3f 44 21 fa 41 8b 06 <44> 89 e9 21 c1 44 39 e1 74 1c 83 f8 ff 74 2d 84 d2 75 3d bf c7 10
RSP: 0018:ffffd28e4045f9d0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: 000000025354e082 RCX: 0000000000000004
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000df4 RDI: 00000014243ef470
RBP: 0000000000989680 R08: ffffffffc0741fbe R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffffd28e40cc8020 R15: ffff8c3655ac1801
? __pfx_xhci_pci_quirks+0x10/0x10 [xhci_pci]
xhci_reset+0x6a/0x110 [xhci_hcd]
xhci_gen_setup+0x201/0x450 [xhci_hcd]
xhci_pci_setup+0x50/0x1c0 [xhci_pci]
usb_add_hcd.cold+0x265/0x5d5 [usbcore]
usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x16f/0x420 [usbcore]
xhci_pci_common_probe+0x39/0x2c0 [xhci_pci]
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90
pci_device_probe+0xd0/0x250
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x6e/0xe0
really_probe+0xde/0x380
? pm_runtime_barrier+0x56/0x90
__driver_probe_device+0x78/0x120
driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0
__driver_attach+0xf6/0x230
? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10
bus_for_each_dev+0x79/0xd0
bus_add_driver+0xeb/0x270
driver_register+0x6e/0xc0
? __pfx_xhci_pci_init+0x10/0x10 [xhci_pci]
do_one_initcall+0x43/0x310
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x143/0x3f0
? do_init_module+0x3f/0x280
do_init_module+0x91/0x280
init_module_from_file+0xc8/0xe0
idempotent_init_module+0xfe/0x2f0
__x64_sys_finit_module+0x6d/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0xf4/0xf20
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7fa2cb41a779
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 4f 86 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe556d6b18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b03b330950 RCX: 00007fa2cb41a779
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fa2c9b9e44d RDI: 000000000000001f
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000055b03b2fed30
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fa2c9b9e44d
R13: 0000000000020000 R14: 000055b03b3242e0 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
The second time I boot my system, I got the same warning but different call stacks:
------------[ cut here ]------------
alloc_tag was not set
WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:166 at __alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120, CPU#0: ksoftirqd/0/14
Modules linked in: xhci_pci(E+) ahci(E+) r8169(E+) nvme(E) libahci(E) xhci_hcd(E) realtek(E) libata(E) i2c_piix4(E) nvme_core(E) i2c_smbus(E) usbcore(E) scsi_mod(E) usb_common(E) scsi_common(E) wmi(E) fjes(E-) gpio_amdpt(E) gpio_generic(E) button(E) efivarfs(E)
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc1-linan-0 #802 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B89/B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89), BIOS 2.L0 07/18/2024
RIP: 0010:__alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120
Code: 2c d3 e8 0f af c2 4c 01 f0 48 89 c3 74 9e 48 8b 00 41 8b 54 24 18 48 85 c0 0f 85 6c ff ff ff 89 54 24 04 48 8d 3d da 4e 44 01 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 8b 03 8b 54 24 04 48 85 c0 0f 85 4c ff ff ff 48
RSP: 0018:ffffd362c0137d48 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8b718006c610 RCX: 0000000000000008
RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: fffffa5884001900 RDI: ffffffffa184aee0
RBP: ffffd362c0137d90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffffa040e09c
R10: ffff8b7180042700 R11: ffff8b7183b47440 R12: ffff8b7180042a00
R13: fffffa5884001900 R14: ffff8b718006c600 R15: ffffd362c0137d98
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b750ce1a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000560882dbc058 CR3: 0000000107e6f000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? rcu_core+0x451/0x750
kfree+0xab/0x370
rcu_core+0x451/0x750
? rcu_core+0x3eb/0x750
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? try_to_wake_up+0xaf/0x740
handle_softirqs+0x100/0x2e0
run_ksoftirqd+0x37/0x50
smpboot_thread_fn+0x114/0x2a0
? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x114/0x150
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x238/0x330
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Bisect narrows it down to 913ffd3a1b(slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap)
$ git bisect log
git bisect start
# status: waiting for both good and bad commits
# good: [05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b] Linux 6.19
git bisect good 05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b
# status: waiting for bad commit, 1 good commit known
# bad: [6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f] Linux 7.0-rc1
git bisect bad 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
# bad: [6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f] Linux 7.0-rc1
git bisect bad 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
# good: [939faf71cf7ca9ab3d1bd2912ac0e203d4d7156a] Merge tag 'drm-next-2026-02-11' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel
git bisect good 939faf71cf7ca9ab3d1bd2912ac0e203d4d7156a
# bad: [c87c79345ea8ff917354e9223d44034e4aef2690] Merge tag 'uml-for-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux
git bisect bad c87c79345ea8ff917354e9223d44034e4aef2690
# good: [83310d613382f74070fc8b402f3f6c2af8439ead] Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
git bisect good 83310d613382f74070fc8b402f3f6c2af8439ead
# bad: [541c43310e85dbf35368b43b720c6724bc8ad8ec] Merge tag 'fs_for_v6.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs
git bisect bad 541c43310e85dbf35368b43b720c6724bc8ad8ec
# bad: [1c2b4a4c2bcb950f182eeeb33d94b565607608cf] Merge tag 'pci-v7.0-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pci/pci
git bisect bad 1c2b4a4c2bcb950f182eeeb33d94b565607608cf
# bad: [61e629596fabd7f60cc3748a603703c5d9b58428] Merge tag 'for-7.0/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
git bisect bad 61e629596fabd7f60cc3748a603703c5d9b58428
# bad: [148f95f75c513936d466bcc7e6bf73298da2212b] Merge tag 'slab-for-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
git bisect bad 148f95f75c513936d466bcc7e6bf73298da2212b
# good: [41f1a08645abb5ef7d2a3ed8835c747334878774] Merge tag 'kbuild-7.0-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux
git bisect good 41f1a08645abb5ef7d2a3ed8835c747334878774
# bad: [6c2f307f30edbe2b18a35584f01854a27e375927] slab: remove unused PREEMPT_RT specific macros
git bisect bad 6c2f307f30edbe2b18a35584f01854a27e375927
# good: [f3421f8d154cc0906da145299c72f4a7f046ffde] slab: introduce percpu sheaves bootstrap
git bisect good f3421f8d154cc0906da145299c72f4a7f046ffde
# bad: [e323b52cf00ffc3f5ac79420af7ab340b4576a5c] slab: remove SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
git bisect bad e323b52cf00ffc3f5ac79420af7ab340b4576a5c
# bad: [913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f] slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap
git bisect bad 913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f
# good: [f1427a1d64156bb88d84f364855c364af6f67a3b] slab: make percpu sheaves compatible with kmalloc_nolock()/kfree_nolock()
git bisect good f1427a1d64156bb88d84f364855c364af6f67a3b
# first bad commit: [913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f] slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap
FYI
David
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* Re: [7.0-rc1] codetag: kernel warning "alloc_tag was not set" during boot
2026-02-23 15:51 [7.0-rc1] codetag: kernel warning "alloc_tag was not set" during boot David Wang
@ 2026-02-23 17:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-02-23 18:34 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vlastimil Babka @ 2026-02-23 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Wang, surenb, vbabka; +Cc: linux-mm, linux-kernel, Harry Yoo
On 2/23/26 16:51, David Wang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When upgrade to 7.0.0-rc1, caught a kernel WARN during boot:
Would this possibly help? (it probably shouldn't but let's see)
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260223075809.19265-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com/
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> alloc_tag was not set
> WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:166 at __alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120, CPU#4: (udev-worker)/145
> Modules linked in: xhci_pci(E+) ahci(E) libahci(E) xhci_hcd(E) nvme(E) sp5100_tco(E) libata(E) r8169(E) realtek(E) usbcore(E) nvme_core(E) scsi_mod(E) scsi_common(E) usb_common(E) i2c_piix4(E) i2c_smbus(E) wmi(E) fjes(E-) gpio_amdpt(E) gpio_generic(E) button(E) efivarfs(E)
> CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 145 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc1-linan-0 #802 PREEMPT(full)
> Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
> Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B89/B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89), BIOS 2.L0 07/18/2024
> RIP: 0010:__alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120
> Code: 2c d3 e8 0f af c2 4c 01 f0 48 89 c3 74 9e 48 8b 00 41 8b 54 24 18 48 85 c0 0f 85 6c ff ff ff 89 54 24 04 48 8d 3d da 4e 44 01 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 8b 03 8b 54 24 04 48 85 c0 0f 85 4c ff ff ff 48
> RSP: 0018:ffffd28e40278e80 EFLAGS: 00010246
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8c36422d82c0 RCX: 0000000000000008
> RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: fffff352840bb800 RDI: ffffffffadc4aee0
> RBP: ffffd28e40278ec8 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: ffffffffac80e09c
> R10: ffff8c3640042200 R11: ffff8c364dca2480 R12: ffff8c3640042a00
> R13: fffff352840bb800 R14: ffff8c36422d8200 R15: ffffd28e40278ed0
> FS: 00007fa2ca8be980(0000) GS:ffff8c39c0c1a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 00007fa2c9b727a5 CR3: 00000001158cc000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ>
> ? rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> kfree+0xab/0x370
> rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> ? rcu_core+0x3eb/0x750
> ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> handle_softirqs+0x100/0x2e0
> __irq_exit_rcu+0xb1/0x100
> sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9d/0xc0
> </IRQ>
> <TASK>
> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20
> RIP: 0010:xhci_handshake+0x56/0xc0 [xhci_hcd]
> Code: fa 8b 07 89 f1 49 89 fe 41 89 f5 21 c1 41 39 cc 75 22 eb 3c f3 90 48 81 eb e9 03 00 00 48 89 da 48 c1 ea 3f 44 21 fa 41 8b 06 <44> 89 e9 21 c1 44 39 e1 74 1c 83 f8 ff 74 2d 84 d2 75 3d bf c7 10
> RSP: 0018:ffffd28e4045f9d0 EFLAGS: 00000246
> RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: 000000025354e082 RCX: 0000000000000004
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000df4 RDI: 00000014243ef470
> RBP: 0000000000989680 R08: ffffffffc0741fbe R09: 00000000ffffffff
> R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
> R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffffd28e40cc8020 R15: ffff8c3655ac1801
> ? __pfx_xhci_pci_quirks+0x10/0x10 [xhci_pci]
> xhci_reset+0x6a/0x110 [xhci_hcd]
> xhci_gen_setup+0x201/0x450 [xhci_hcd]
> xhci_pci_setup+0x50/0x1c0 [xhci_pci]
> usb_add_hcd.cold+0x265/0x5d5 [usbcore]
> usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x16f/0x420 [usbcore]
> xhci_pci_common_probe+0x39/0x2c0 [xhci_pci]
> ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90
> pci_device_probe+0xd0/0x250
> ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> ? sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x6e/0xe0
> really_probe+0xde/0x380
> ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x56/0x90
> __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x120
> driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0
> __driver_attach+0xf6/0x230
> ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10
> bus_for_each_dev+0x79/0xd0
> bus_add_driver+0xeb/0x270
> driver_register+0x6e/0xc0
> ? __pfx_xhci_pci_init+0x10/0x10 [xhci_pci]
> do_one_initcall+0x43/0x310
> ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x143/0x3f0
> ? do_init_module+0x3f/0x280
> do_init_module+0x91/0x280
> init_module_from_file+0xc8/0xe0
> idempotent_init_module+0xfe/0x2f0
> __x64_sys_finit_module+0x6d/0xe0
> do_syscall_64+0xf4/0xf20
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
> RIP: 0033:0x7fa2cb41a779
> Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 4f 86 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
> RSP: 002b:00007ffe556d6b18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
> RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b03b330950 RCX: 00007fa2cb41a779
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fa2c9b9e44d RDI: 000000000000001f
> RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000055b03b2fed30
> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fa2c9b9e44d
> R13: 0000000000020000 R14: 000055b03b3242e0 R15: 0000000000000000
> </TASK>
> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>
> The second time I boot my system, I got the same warning but different call stacks:
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> alloc_tag was not set
> WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:166 at __alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120, CPU#0: ksoftirqd/0/14
> Modules linked in: xhci_pci(E+) ahci(E+) r8169(E+) nvme(E) libahci(E) xhci_hcd(E) realtek(E) libata(E) i2c_piix4(E) nvme_core(E) i2c_smbus(E) usbcore(E) scsi_mod(E) usb_common(E) scsi_common(E) wmi(E) fjes(E-) gpio_amdpt(E) gpio_generic(E) button(E) efivarfs(E)
> CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc1-linan-0 #802 PREEMPT(full)
> Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
> Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B89/B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89), BIOS 2.L0 07/18/2024
> RIP: 0010:__alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120
> Code: 2c d3 e8 0f af c2 4c 01 f0 48 89 c3 74 9e 48 8b 00 41 8b 54 24 18 48 85 c0 0f 85 6c ff ff ff 89 54 24 04 48 8d 3d da 4e 44 01 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 8b 03 8b 54 24 04 48 85 c0 0f 85 4c ff ff ff 48
> RSP: 0018:ffffd362c0137d48 EFLAGS: 00010246
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8b718006c610 RCX: 0000000000000008
> RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: fffffa5884001900 RDI: ffffffffa184aee0
> RBP: ffffd362c0137d90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffffa040e09c
> R10: ffff8b7180042700 R11: ffff8b7183b47440 R12: ffff8b7180042a00
> R13: fffffa5884001900 R14: ffff8b718006c600 R15: ffffd362c0137d98
> FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b750ce1a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 0000560882dbc058 CR3: 0000000107e6f000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> ? rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> kfree+0xab/0x370
> rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> ? rcu_core+0x3eb/0x750
> ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> ? try_to_wake_up+0xaf/0x740
> handle_softirqs+0x100/0x2e0
> run_ksoftirqd+0x37/0x50
> smpboot_thread_fn+0x114/0x2a0
> ? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
> kthread+0x114/0x150
> ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> ret_from_fork+0x238/0x330
> ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> </TASK>
> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>
> Bisect narrows it down to 913ffd3a1b(slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap)
>
> $ git bisect log
> git bisect start
> # status: waiting for both good and bad commits
> # good: [05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b] Linux 6.19
> git bisect good 05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b
> # status: waiting for bad commit, 1 good commit known
> # bad: [6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f] Linux 7.0-rc1
> git bisect bad 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> # bad: [6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f] Linux 7.0-rc1
> git bisect bad 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> # good: [939faf71cf7ca9ab3d1bd2912ac0e203d4d7156a] Merge tag 'drm-next-2026-02-11' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel
> git bisect good 939faf71cf7ca9ab3d1bd2912ac0e203d4d7156a
> # bad: [c87c79345ea8ff917354e9223d44034e4aef2690] Merge tag 'uml-for-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux
> git bisect bad c87c79345ea8ff917354e9223d44034e4aef2690
> # good: [83310d613382f74070fc8b402f3f6c2af8439ead] Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
> git bisect good 83310d613382f74070fc8b402f3f6c2af8439ead
> # bad: [541c43310e85dbf35368b43b720c6724bc8ad8ec] Merge tag 'fs_for_v6.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs
> git bisect bad 541c43310e85dbf35368b43b720c6724bc8ad8ec
> # bad: [1c2b4a4c2bcb950f182eeeb33d94b565607608cf] Merge tag 'pci-v7.0-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pci/pci
> git bisect bad 1c2b4a4c2bcb950f182eeeb33d94b565607608cf
> # bad: [61e629596fabd7f60cc3748a603703c5d9b58428] Merge tag 'for-7.0/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
> git bisect bad 61e629596fabd7f60cc3748a603703c5d9b58428
> # bad: [148f95f75c513936d466bcc7e6bf73298da2212b] Merge tag 'slab-for-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
> git bisect bad 148f95f75c513936d466bcc7e6bf73298da2212b
> # good: [41f1a08645abb5ef7d2a3ed8835c747334878774] Merge tag 'kbuild-7.0-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux
> git bisect good 41f1a08645abb5ef7d2a3ed8835c747334878774
> # bad: [6c2f307f30edbe2b18a35584f01854a27e375927] slab: remove unused PREEMPT_RT specific macros
> git bisect bad 6c2f307f30edbe2b18a35584f01854a27e375927
> # good: [f3421f8d154cc0906da145299c72f4a7f046ffde] slab: introduce percpu sheaves bootstrap
> git bisect good f3421f8d154cc0906da145299c72f4a7f046ffde
> # bad: [e323b52cf00ffc3f5ac79420af7ab340b4576a5c] slab: remove SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
> git bisect bad e323b52cf00ffc3f5ac79420af7ab340b4576a5c
> # bad: [913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f] slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap
> git bisect bad 913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f
> # good: [f1427a1d64156bb88d84f364855c364af6f67a3b] slab: make percpu sheaves compatible with kmalloc_nolock()/kfree_nolock()
> git bisect good f1427a1d64156bb88d84f364855c364af6f67a3b
> # first bad commit: [913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f] slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap
>
>
>
> FYI
> David
>
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* Re: [7.0-rc1] codetag: kernel warning "alloc_tag was not set" during boot
2026-02-23 17:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
@ 2026-02-23 18:34 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Suren Baghdasaryan @ 2026-02-23 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vlastimil Babka; +Cc: David Wang, vbabka, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Harry Yoo
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 9:18 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/23/26 16:51, David Wang wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When upgrade to 7.0.0-rc1, caught a kernel WARN during boot:
>
> Would this possibly help? (it probably shouldn't but let's see)
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260223075809.19265-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com/
Hi David,
Could you please send us your kernel config? I just tried v7.0-rc1
(Linus` ToT) with CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG enabled and did not
see any warnings. Something must be different on your end.
Thanks,
Suren.
>
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > alloc_tag was not set
> > WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:166 at __alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120, CPU#4: (udev-worker)/145
> > Modules linked in: xhci_pci(E+) ahci(E) libahci(E) xhci_hcd(E) nvme(E) sp5100_tco(E) libata(E) r8169(E) realtek(E) usbcore(E) nvme_core(E) scsi_mod(E) scsi_common(E) usb_common(E) i2c_piix4(E) i2c_smbus(E) wmi(E) fjes(E-) gpio_amdpt(E) gpio_generic(E) button(E) efivarfs(E)
> > CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 145 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc1-linan-0 #802 PREEMPT(full)
> > Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
> > Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B89/B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89), BIOS 2.L0 07/18/2024
> > RIP: 0010:__alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120
> > Code: 2c d3 e8 0f af c2 4c 01 f0 48 89 c3 74 9e 48 8b 00 41 8b 54 24 18 48 85 c0 0f 85 6c ff ff ff 89 54 24 04 48 8d 3d da 4e 44 01 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 8b 03 8b 54 24 04 48 85 c0 0f 85 4c ff ff ff 48
> > RSP: 0018:ffffd28e40278e80 EFLAGS: 00010246
> > RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8c36422d82c0 RCX: 0000000000000008
> > RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: fffff352840bb800 RDI: ffffffffadc4aee0
> > RBP: ffffd28e40278ec8 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: ffffffffac80e09c
> > R10: ffff8c3640042200 R11: ffff8c364dca2480 R12: ffff8c3640042a00
> > R13: fffff352840bb800 R14: ffff8c36422d8200 R15: ffffd28e40278ed0
> > FS: 00007fa2ca8be980(0000) GS:ffff8c39c0c1a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> > CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > CR2: 00007fa2c9b727a5 CR3: 00000001158cc000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
> > Call Trace:
> > <IRQ>
> > ? rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> > kfree+0xab/0x370
> > rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> > ? rcu_core+0x3eb/0x750
> > ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> > handle_softirqs+0x100/0x2e0
> > __irq_exit_rcu+0xb1/0x100
> > sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9d/0xc0
> > </IRQ>
> > <TASK>
> > asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20
> > RIP: 0010:xhci_handshake+0x56/0xc0 [xhci_hcd]
> > Code: fa 8b 07 89 f1 49 89 fe 41 89 f5 21 c1 41 39 cc 75 22 eb 3c f3 90 48 81 eb e9 03 00 00 48 89 da 48 c1 ea 3f 44 21 fa 41 8b 06 <44> 89 e9 21 c1 44 39 e1 74 1c 83 f8 ff 74 2d 84 d2 75 3d bf c7 10
> > RSP: 0018:ffffd28e4045f9d0 EFLAGS: 00000246
> > RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: 000000025354e082 RCX: 0000000000000004
> > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000df4 RDI: 00000014243ef470
> > RBP: 0000000000989680 R08: ffffffffc0741fbe R09: 00000000ffffffff
> > R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
> > R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffffd28e40cc8020 R15: ffff8c3655ac1801
> > ? __pfx_xhci_pci_quirks+0x10/0x10 [xhci_pci]
> > xhci_reset+0x6a/0x110 [xhci_hcd]
> > xhci_gen_setup+0x201/0x450 [xhci_hcd]
> > xhci_pci_setup+0x50/0x1c0 [xhci_pci]
> > usb_add_hcd.cold+0x265/0x5d5 [usbcore]
> > usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x16f/0x420 [usbcore]
> > xhci_pci_common_probe+0x39/0x2c0 [xhci_pci]
> > ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> > local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90
> > pci_device_probe+0xd0/0x250
> > ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> > ? sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x6e/0xe0
> > really_probe+0xde/0x380
> > ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x56/0x90
> > __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x120
> > driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0
> > __driver_attach+0xf6/0x230
> > ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10
> > bus_for_each_dev+0x79/0xd0
> > bus_add_driver+0xeb/0x270
> > driver_register+0x6e/0xc0
> > ? __pfx_xhci_pci_init+0x10/0x10 [xhci_pci]
> > do_one_initcall+0x43/0x310
> > ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> > ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x143/0x3f0
> > ? do_init_module+0x3f/0x280
> > do_init_module+0x91/0x280
> > init_module_from_file+0xc8/0xe0
> > idempotent_init_module+0xfe/0x2f0
> > __x64_sys_finit_module+0x6d/0xe0
> > do_syscall_64+0xf4/0xf20
> > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
> > RIP: 0033:0x7fa2cb41a779
> > Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 4f 86 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
> > RSP: 002b:00007ffe556d6b18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
> > RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b03b330950 RCX: 00007fa2cb41a779
> > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fa2c9b9e44d RDI: 000000000000001f
> > RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000055b03b2fed30
> > R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fa2c9b9e44d
> > R13: 0000000000020000 R14: 000055b03b3242e0 R15: 0000000000000000
> > </TASK>
> > ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> >
> > The second time I boot my system, I got the same warning but different call stacks:
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > alloc_tag was not set
> > WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:166 at __alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120, CPU#0: ksoftirqd/0/14
> > Modules linked in: xhci_pci(E+) ahci(E+) r8169(E+) nvme(E) libahci(E) xhci_hcd(E) realtek(E) libata(E) i2c_piix4(E) nvme_core(E) i2c_smbus(E) usbcore(E) scsi_mod(E) usb_common(E) scsi_common(E) wmi(E) fjes(E-) gpio_amdpt(E) gpio_generic(E) button(E) efivarfs(E)
> > CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc1-linan-0 #802 PREEMPT(full)
> > Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
> > Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B89/B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89), BIOS 2.L0 07/18/2024
> > RIP: 0010:__alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook+0xe6/0x120
> > Code: 2c d3 e8 0f af c2 4c 01 f0 48 89 c3 74 9e 48 8b 00 41 8b 54 24 18 48 85 c0 0f 85 6c ff ff ff 89 54 24 04 48 8d 3d da 4e 44 01 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 8b 03 8b 54 24 04 48 85 c0 0f 85 4c ff ff ff 48
> > RSP: 0018:ffffd362c0137d48 EFLAGS: 00010246
> > RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8b718006c610 RCX: 0000000000000008
> > RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: fffffa5884001900 RDI: ffffffffa184aee0
> > RBP: ffffd362c0137d90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffffa040e09c
> > R10: ffff8b7180042700 R11: ffff8b7183b47440 R12: ffff8b7180042a00
> > R13: fffffa5884001900 R14: ffff8b718006c600 R15: ffffd362c0137d98
> > FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b750ce1a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> > CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > CR2: 0000560882dbc058 CR3: 0000000107e6f000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
> > Call Trace:
> > <TASK>
> > ? rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> > kfree+0xab/0x370
> > rcu_core+0x451/0x750
> > ? rcu_core+0x3eb/0x750
> > ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> > ? try_to_wake_up+0xaf/0x740
> > handle_softirqs+0x100/0x2e0
> > run_ksoftirqd+0x37/0x50
> > smpboot_thread_fn+0x114/0x2a0
> > ? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
> > kthread+0x114/0x150
> > ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> > ret_from_fork+0x238/0x330
> > ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> > ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> > </TASK>
> > ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> >
> > Bisect narrows it down to 913ffd3a1b(slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap)
> >
> > $ git bisect log
> > git bisect start
> > # status: waiting for both good and bad commits
> > # good: [05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b] Linux 6.19
> > git bisect good 05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b
> > # status: waiting for bad commit, 1 good commit known
> > # bad: [6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f] Linux 7.0-rc1
> > git bisect bad 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> > # bad: [6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f] Linux 7.0-rc1
> > git bisect bad 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> > # good: [939faf71cf7ca9ab3d1bd2912ac0e203d4d7156a] Merge tag 'drm-next-2026-02-11' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel
> > git bisect good 939faf71cf7ca9ab3d1bd2912ac0e203d4d7156a
> > # bad: [c87c79345ea8ff917354e9223d44034e4aef2690] Merge tag 'uml-for-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux
> > git bisect bad c87c79345ea8ff917354e9223d44034e4aef2690
> > # good: [83310d613382f74070fc8b402f3f6c2af8439ead] Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
> > git bisect good 83310d613382f74070fc8b402f3f6c2af8439ead
> > # bad: [541c43310e85dbf35368b43b720c6724bc8ad8ec] Merge tag 'fs_for_v6.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs
> > git bisect bad 541c43310e85dbf35368b43b720c6724bc8ad8ec
> > # bad: [1c2b4a4c2bcb950f182eeeb33d94b565607608cf] Merge tag 'pci-v7.0-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pci/pci
> > git bisect bad 1c2b4a4c2bcb950f182eeeb33d94b565607608cf
> > # bad: [61e629596fabd7f60cc3748a603703c5d9b58428] Merge tag 'for-7.0/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
> > git bisect bad 61e629596fabd7f60cc3748a603703c5d9b58428
> > # bad: [148f95f75c513936d466bcc7e6bf73298da2212b] Merge tag 'slab-for-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
> > git bisect bad 148f95f75c513936d466bcc7e6bf73298da2212b
> > # good: [41f1a08645abb5ef7d2a3ed8835c747334878774] Merge tag 'kbuild-7.0-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux
> > git bisect good 41f1a08645abb5ef7d2a3ed8835c747334878774
> > # bad: [6c2f307f30edbe2b18a35584f01854a27e375927] slab: remove unused PREEMPT_RT specific macros
> > git bisect bad 6c2f307f30edbe2b18a35584f01854a27e375927
> > # good: [f3421f8d154cc0906da145299c72f4a7f046ffde] slab: introduce percpu sheaves bootstrap
> > git bisect good f3421f8d154cc0906da145299c72f4a7f046ffde
> > # bad: [e323b52cf00ffc3f5ac79420af7ab340b4576a5c] slab: remove SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
> > git bisect bad e323b52cf00ffc3f5ac79420af7ab340b4576a5c
> > # bad: [913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f] slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap
> > git bisect bad 913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f
> > # good: [f1427a1d64156bb88d84f364855c364af6f67a3b] slab: make percpu sheaves compatible with kmalloc_nolock()/kfree_nolock()
> > git bisect good f1427a1d64156bb88d84f364855c364af6f67a3b
> > # first bad commit: [913ffd3a1bf5d154995c6cfab44994b07b3c103f] slab: handle kmalloc sheaves bootstrap
> >
> >
> >
> > FYI
> > David
> >
>
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