linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "powerpc/xmon: Relax frame size for clang"

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Message-ID: <20230817184321.GA2428970@dev-arch.thelio-3990X>
Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:43:21 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To:     ndesaulniers@...gle.com
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "powerpc/xmon: Relax frame size for clang"

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 11:11:56AM -0700, ndesaulniers@...gle.com wrote:
> This reverts commit 9c87156cce5a63735d1218f0096a65c50a7a32aa.
> 
> I have not been able to reproduce the reported -Wframe-larger-than=
> warning (or disassembly) with clang-11 or clang-18.
> 
> I don't know precisely when this was fixed in llvm, but it may be time
> to revert this.
> 
> Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/252
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile
> index d334de392e6c..7705aa74a24d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/Makefile
> @@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ KCSAN_SANITIZE := n
>  # Disable ftrace for the entire directory
>  ccflags-remove-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
>  
> -ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
> -# clang stores addresses on the stack causing the frame size to blow
> -# out. See https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/252
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wframe-larger-than=4096
> -endif
> -
>  ccflags-$(CONFIG_PPC64) := $(NO_MINIMAL_TOC)
>  
>  obj-y			+= xmon.o nonstdio.o spr_access.o xmon_bpts.o
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 16931859a6500d360b90aeacab3b505a3560a3ed
> change-id: 20230817-ppc_xmon-d288d803610e
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>