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

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 10:42:51AM +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 warning message:
> alloc_tag was not set.
> 
> Add missing clear_page_tag_ref() annotation in kho_restore_page() to
> fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>

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

> ---
>  kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> index cd6b3fb9dcae..2d47f2c50bd8 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> @@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ static struct page *kho_restore_page(phys_addr_t phys, bool is_folio)
>  	else
>  		kho_init_pages(page, nr_pages);
>  
> +	clear_page_tag_ref(page);
>  	adjust_managed_page_count(page, nr_pages);
>  	return page;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.