The kernel warnings were noticed on linux next 20200813 while booting on arm64, arm, x86_64 and i386. metadata: git branch: master git repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git git commit: e6d113aca646fb6a92b237340109237fd7a9c770 git describe: next-20200813 make_kernelversion: 5.8.0 kernel-config: https://builds.tuxbuild.com/YQHc_PpEV-DF8rU7N9tlIQ/kernel.config > diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c > index 130093bdf74b..e25f2db7e61c 100644 > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c > @@ -5137,6 +5137,9 @@ static int alloc_mem_cgroup_per_node_info(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int node) > if (!pn) > return 1; > > + /* We charge the parent cgroup, never the current task */ > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->active_memcg); > + > pn->lruvec_stat_local = alloc_percpu_gfp(struct lruvec_stat, > GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT); > if (!pn->lruvec_stat_local) { > @@ -5219,6 +5222,9 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void) > goto fail; > } > > + /* We charge the parent cgroup, never the current task */ > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->active_memcg); [ 0.217404] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.218038] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at mm/memcontrol.c:5226 mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x680/0x740 [ 0.219188] Modules linked in: [ 0.219597] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.8.0-next-20200813 #1 [ 0.220187] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 0.221190] EIP: mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x680/0x740 [ 0.222190] Code: d6 17 5d ff 8d 65 f4 89 d8 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 8d 74 26 00 b8 58 39 6a d1 e8 fe 94 55 ff 8d 65 f4 89 d8 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 8d 74 26 00 <0f> 0b e9 01 fa ff ff 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 66 90 bb f4 ff ff ff ba [ 0.223188] EAX: 00000000 EBX: d13666c0 ECX: 00000cc0 EDX: 0000ffff [ 0.224187] ESI: 00000000 EDI: f4c11000 EBP: d1361f50 ESP: d1361f40 [ 0.225188] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00210246 [ 0.226190] CR0: 80050033 CR2: ffd19000 CR3: 115f8000 CR4: 00040690 [ 0.227195] Call Trace: [ 0.227882] ? _cond_resched+0x17/0x30 [ 0.228195] cgroup_init_subsys+0x66/0x12a [ 0.229193] cgroup_init+0x118/0x323 [ 0.230194] start_kernel+0x43c/0x47d [ 0.231193] i386_start_kernel+0x48/0x4a [ 0.232194] startup_32_smp+0x164/0x168 [ 0.233195] ---[ end trace dfcf9be7b40caf05 ]--- [ 0.2342# 08] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.235192] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at mm/memcontrol.c:5141 mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x718/0x740 [ 0.236187] Modules linked in: [ 0.236590] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 5.8.0-next-20200813 #1 [ 0.237190] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 0.238194] EIP: mem_cgroup_css_alloc+0x718/0x740 [ 0.239191] Code: 48 ff e9 7c fd ff ff 8d 76 00 a1 b0 14 40 d1 e9 53 fc ff ff 8d b6 00 00 00 00 0f 0b 8d b6 00 00 00 00 0f 0b 8d b6 00 00 00 00 <0f> 0b e9 df f9 ff ff 90 89 f8 e8 29 0c 5c ff 89 f2 b8 10 f4 40 d1 [ 0.240190] EAX: 00000000 EBX: f4c0c800 ECX: 00000000 EDX: d0eab660 [ 0.241189] ESI: 00000000 EDI: f4c11000 EBP: d1361f50 ESP: d1361f40 [ 0.242189] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00210246 [ 0.243190] CR0: 80050033 CR2: ffd19000 CR3: 115f8000 CR4: 00040690 [ 0.244188] Call Trace: [ 0.245191] ? _cond_resched+0x17/0x30 [ 0.245686] cgroup_init_subsys+0x66/0x12a [ 0.246189] cgroup_init+0x118/0x323 [ 0.246654] start_kernel+0x43c/0x47d [ 0.247189] i386_start_kernel+0x48/0x4a [ 0.247697] startup_32_smp+0x164/0x168 [ 0.248188] ---[ end trace dfcf9be7b40caf06 ]--- [ 0.248990] Last level iTLB entries: 4KB 512, 2MB 255, 4MB 127 [ 0.249187] Last level dTLB entries: 4KB 512, 2MB 255, 4MB 127, 1GB 0 Full test log, https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-oe/build/next-20200813/testrun/3061112/suite/linux-log-parser/test/check-kernel-warning-1665815/log -- Linaro LKFT https://lkft.linaro.org