report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). The panic happens even
   if ``kasan_multi_shot`` is enabled.
 
-Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode (see the section about various modes below) is
-intended for use in production as a security mitigation. Therefore, it supports
-additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features:
+Software and Hardware Tag-Based KASAN modes (see the section about various
+modes below) support disabling stack trace collection:
+
+- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
+  traces collection (default: ``on``).
+
+Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode is intended for use in production as a security
+mitigation. Therefore, it supports additional boot parameters that allow
+disabling KASAN altogether or controlling its features:
 
 - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``).
 
 - ``kasan.vmalloc=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables tagging of vmalloc
   allocations (default: ``on``).
 
-- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
-  traces collection (default: ``on``).
-
 Error reports
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
        KASAN_ARG_VMALLOC_ON,
 };
 
-enum kasan_arg_stacktrace {
-       KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_DEFAULT,
-       KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF,
-       KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_ON,
-};
-
 static enum kasan_arg kasan_arg __ro_after_init;
 static enum kasan_arg_mode kasan_arg_mode __ro_after_init;
 static enum kasan_arg_vmalloc kasan_arg_vmalloc __initdata;
-static enum kasan_arg_stacktrace kasan_arg_stacktrace __initdata;
 
 /*
  * Whether KASAN is enabled at all.
 /* Whether to enable vmalloc tagging. */
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kasan_flag_vmalloc);
 
-/* Whether to collect alloc/free stack traces. */
-DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kasan_flag_stacktrace);
-
 /* kasan=off/on */
 static int __init early_kasan_flag(char *arg)
 {
 }
 early_param("kasan.vmalloc", early_kasan_flag_vmalloc);
 
-/* kasan.stacktrace=off/on */
-static int __init early_kasan_flag_stacktrace(char *arg)
-{
-       if (!arg)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (!strcmp(arg, "off"))
-               kasan_arg_stacktrace = KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF;
-       else if (!strcmp(arg, "on"))
-               kasan_arg_stacktrace = KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_ON;
-       else
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       return 0;
-}
-early_param("kasan.stacktrace", early_kasan_flag_stacktrace);
-
 static inline const char *kasan_mode_info(void)
 {
        if (kasan_mode == KASAN_MODE_ASYNC)
                break;
        }
 
-       switch (kasan_arg_stacktrace) {
-       case KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_DEFAULT:
-               /* Default is specified by kasan_flag_stacktrace definition. */
-               break;
-       case KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF:
-               static_branch_disable(&kasan_flag_stacktrace);
-               break;
-       case KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_ON:
-               static_branch_enable(&kasan_flag_stacktrace);
-               break;
-       }
+       kasan_init_tags();
 
        /* KASAN is now initialized, enable it. */
        static_branch_enable(&kasan_flag_enabled);
 
 #include <linux/kfence.h>
 #include <linux/stackdepot.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)
 
 #include <linux/static_key.h>
+
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kasan_flag_stacktrace);
+
+static inline bool kasan_stack_collection_enabled(void)
+{
+       return static_branch_unlikely(&kasan_flag_stacktrace);
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS || CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
+
+static inline bool kasan_stack_collection_enabled(void)
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS || CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
+
 #include "../slab.h"
 
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kasan_flag_vmalloc);
-DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kasan_flag_stacktrace);
 
 enum kasan_mode {
        KASAN_MODE_SYNC,
        return static_branch_likely(&kasan_flag_vmalloc);
 }
 
-static inline bool kasan_stack_collection_enabled(void)
-{
-       return static_branch_unlikely(&kasan_flag_stacktrace);
-}
-
 static inline bool kasan_async_fault_possible(void)
 {
        return kasan_mode == KASAN_MODE_ASYNC || kasan_mode == KASAN_MODE_ASYMM;
 
 #else /* CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
 
-static inline bool kasan_stack_collection_enabled(void)
-{
-       return true;
-}
-
 static inline bool kasan_async_fault_possible(void)
 {
        return false;
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)
+void __init kasan_init_tags(void);
+#endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS || CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_KUNIT_TEST)
 
 void kasan_force_async_fault(void);
 
        for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
                per_cpu(prng_state, cpu) = (u32)get_cycles();
 
-       pr_info("KernelAddressSanitizer initialized (sw-tags)\n");
+       kasan_init_tags();
+
+       pr_info("KernelAddressSanitizer initialized (sw-tags, stacktrace=%s)\n",
+               kasan_stack_collection_enabled() ? "on" : "off");
 }
 
 /*
 
 #include "kasan.h"
 #include "../slab.h"
 
+enum kasan_arg_stacktrace {
+       KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_DEFAULT,
+       KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF,
+       KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_ON,
+};
+
+static enum kasan_arg_stacktrace kasan_arg_stacktrace __initdata;
+
+/* Whether to collect alloc/free stack traces. */
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kasan_flag_stacktrace);
+
 /* Non-zero, as initial pointer values are 0. */
 #define STACK_RING_BUSY_PTR ((void *)1)
 
        .lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(stack_ring.lock)
 };
 
+/* kasan.stacktrace=off/on */
+static int __init early_kasan_flag_stacktrace(char *arg)
+{
+       if (!arg)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (!strcmp(arg, "off"))
+               kasan_arg_stacktrace = KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF;
+       else if (!strcmp(arg, "on"))
+               kasan_arg_stacktrace = KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_ON;
+       else
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+early_param("kasan.stacktrace", early_kasan_flag_stacktrace);
+
+void __init kasan_init_tags(void)
+{
+       switch (kasan_arg_stacktrace) {
+       case KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_DEFAULT:
+               /* Default is specified by kasan_flag_stacktrace definition. */
+               break;
+       case KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF:
+               static_branch_disable(&kasan_flag_stacktrace);
+               break;
+       case KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_ON:
+               static_branch_enable(&kasan_flag_stacktrace);
+               break;
+       }
+}
+
 static void save_stack_info(struct kmem_cache *cache, void *object,
                        gfp_t gfp_flags, bool is_free)
 {