linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soc: apple: rtkit: Do not copy the reg state structure to the stack

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Message-ID: <CAOgh=FzCOvv86HG=AhCBDW6cUHDnzq8UPBgmYPR12PNNMRNx0w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:15:18 +0000
From:   Eric Curtin <ecurtin@...hat.com>
To:     Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>,
        Sven Peter <sven@...npeter.dev>,
        Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@...enzweig.io>,
        asahi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: apple: rtkit: Do not copy the reg state structure to
 the stack

On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 at 09:21, Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net> wrote:
>
> The register state struct is 848 bytes, which ends up bloating the
> apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs stack frame beyond 1024 on some
> 32-bit platforms, triggering compile warnings.
>
> This doesn't matter for 64BIT/ARM64, but there's also no good reason to
> copy the structure to the stack in this case. We can use __packed to
> avoid alignment issues, there are no double-read hazards, and this is a
> fatal error path so performance does not matter.
>
> Fixes: 22991d8d5725 ("soc: apple: rtkit: Add register dump decoding to crashlog")
> Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>

LGTM, less copies too.

Reviewed-by: Eric Curtin <ecurtin@...hat.com>

Is mise le meas/Regards,

Eric Curtin

> ---
>  drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c
> index dfa74b32eda2..8319e365110b 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs {
>         u64 unk_X;
>         u64 esr;
>         u64 unk_Z;
> -};
> +} __packed;
>  static_assert(sizeof(struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs) == 0x350);
>
>  static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_str(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
> @@ -126,18 +126,18 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_mailbox(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
>  static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
>                                            size_t size)
>  {
> -       struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs regs;
> +       struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs *regs;
>         const char *el;
>         int i;
>
> -       if (size < sizeof(regs)) {
> +       if (size < sizeof(*regs)) {
>                 dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: Regs section too small: 0x%zx", size);
>                 return;
>         }
>
> -       memcpy(&regs, bfr, sizeof(regs));
> +       regs = (struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs *)bfr;
>
> -       switch (regs.psr & PSR_MODE_MASK) {
> +       switch (regs->psr & PSR_MODE_MASK) {
>         case PSR_MODE_EL0t:
>                 el = "EL0t";
>                 break;
> @@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
>
>         dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: Exception dump:");
>         dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  == Exception taken from %s ==", el);
> -       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PSR    = 0x%llx", regs.psr);
> -       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PC     = 0x%llx\n", regs.pc);
> -       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  ESR    = 0x%llx\n", regs.esr);
> -       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  FAR    = 0x%llx\n", regs.far);
> -       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  SP     = 0x%llx\n", regs.sp);
> +       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PSR    = 0x%llx", regs->psr);
> +       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PC     = 0x%llx\n", regs->pc);
> +       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  ESR    = 0x%llx\n", regs->esr);
> +       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  FAR    = 0x%llx\n", regs->far);
> +       dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  SP     = 0x%llx\n", regs->sp);
>         dev_warn(rtk->dev, "\n");
>
>         for (i = 0; i < 31; i += 4) {
> @@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
>                         dev_warn(rtk->dev,
>                                          "  x%02d-x%02d = %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx\n",
>                                          i, i + 3,
> -                                        regs.regs[i], regs.regs[i + 1],
> -                                        regs.regs[i + 2], regs.regs[i + 3]);
> +                                        regs->regs[i], regs->regs[i + 1],
> +                                        regs->regs[i + 2], regs->regs[i + 3]);
>                 else
>                         dev_warn(rtk->dev,
>                                          "  x%02d-x%02d = %016llx %016llx %016llx\n", i, i + 3,
> -                                        regs.regs[i], regs.regs[i + 1], regs.regs[i + 2]);
> +                                        regs->regs[i], regs->regs[i + 1], regs->regs[i + 2]);
>         }
>
>         dev_warn(rtk->dev, "\n");
> --
> 2.35.1
>
>