[PATCH v2 0/2] alloc_tag: fix a leak and a deadlock around shutdown_mem_profiling()

From: Hao Ge

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 02:26:56 EST


Two fixes for issues reported by sashiko:

1. percpu counter leak on modules loaded after profiling is disabled.
2. AB-BA deadlock between module load and /proc/allocinfo readers.

Changes since the RFC [2]:

- The "move codetag section placement decision to layout_sections()"
patch is dropped from this series. Its retry path depends on [1],
so it will be sent as part of that patchset instead.
- Patch 1 now returns -EOPNOTSUPP instead of introducing
CODETAG_MODULE_LOAD/CODETAG_MODULE_EXCLUDED defines (suggested by
Suren).
- Reported-by tags added.

Patch 1 skips percpu counter allocation when profiling is disabled,
so the module loads without its tags instead of leaking counters.
Patch 2 defers remove_proc_entry() to a workqueue.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812054105.102637-3-hao.ge@xxxxxxxxx/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813093421.135230-1-hao.ge@xxxxxxxxx/

Hao Ge (2):
alloc_tag: skip percpu counter allocation when profiling is disabled
alloc_tag: remove /proc/allocinfo outside of mod_lock

lib/codetag.c | 10 ++++++++--
mm/alloc_tag.c | 14 ++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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