linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARC: show_regs: avoid page allocator

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Date:   Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:38:26 +0000
From:   Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
CC:     "linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARC: show_regs: avoid page allocator

On 12/20/18 4:57 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
>> Despite this, lockdep still barfs (see next change), but this patch
>> still has merit as in we use smaller/localized buffers now and there's
>> less instructoh trace to sift thru when debugging pesky issues.
> But show_regs is called from contexts which might be called from deep
> call chains (e.g WARN). Is it safe to allocate such a large stack there?

ARC has 8K pages and 256 additional bytes of stack usage doesn't seem absurdly
high to me !

-Vineet