linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: atags_to_fdt: don't warn about stack size

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Date:   Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:24:21 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jon Medhurst <tixy@...aro.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: atags_to_fdt: don't warn about stack size

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 05:10:21PM +0200, David Heidelberg wrote:
> The merge_fdt_bootargs() function by definition consumes more than 1024
> bytes of stack because it has a 1024 byte command line on the stack,
> meaning that we always get a warning when building this file:
> 
> arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c: In function 'merge_fdt_bootargs':
> arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c:98:1: warning: the frame size of 1032 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
> 
> However, as this is the decompressor and we know that it has a very shallow
> call chain, and we do not actually risk overflowing the kernel stack
> at runtime here.
> 
> This just shuts up the warning by disabling the warning flag for this
> file.
> 
> Tested on Nexus 7 2012 builds.
> 
> Original Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Reference: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8232115.18ykgQ6J5T@wuerfel/
> 
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>

I assume Arnd never sent his v3 from what I see in the thread you link
to above.

This needs to go to the patch system to be applied. Details in my
signature below. Thanks.

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