linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/9] brcmsmac: make some local variables 'static const' to reduce stack size

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:33:50 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@....gnu.org>,
        Martin Liška <marxin@....gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/9] brcmsmac: make some local variables 'static const' to reduce stack size

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

> With KASAN and a couple of other patches applied, this driver is one
> of the few remaining ones that actually use more than 2048 bytes of
> kernel stack:
>
> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c: In function 'wlc_phy_workarounds_nphy_gainctrl':
> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c:16065:1: warning: the frame size of 3264 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c: In function 'wlc_phy_workarounds_nphy':
> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c:17138:1: warning: the frame size of 2864 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
>
> Here, I'm reducing the stack size by marking as many local variables as
> 'static const' as I can without changing the actual code.
>
> This is the first of three patches to improve the stack usage in this
> driver. It would be good to have this backported to stabl kernels
> to get all drivers in 'allmodconfig' below the 2048 byte limit so
> we can turn on the frame warning again globally, but I realize that
> the patch is larger than the normal limit for stable backports.
>
> The other two patches do not need to be backported.
>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

I'll queue this and the two following brcmsmac patches for 4.14.

Also I'll add (only for this patch):

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>

-- 
Kalle Valo