linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: wp512: disable kmsan checks in wp512_process

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Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:08:41 +0100
From:   Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To:     arnd@...nel.org
Cc:     arnd@...db.de, davem@...emloft.net, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: wp512: disable kmsan checks in wp512_process_buffer()

> The memory sanitizer causes excessive register spills in this function:

> crypto/wp512.c:782:13: error: stack frame size (2104) exceeds limit (2048) in 'wp512_process_buffer' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]

> Assume that this one is safe, and mark it as needing no checks to
> get the stack usage back down to the normal level.

KMSAN indeed bloats the stack frames heavily.
Wouldn't it be more preferable to further increase KMSAN's -Wframe-larger-than limit instead?
It is not intended for production anyway, and detecting a runtime stack overflow in the debug mode should not be a problem.