netdev - [PATCH] mlx5: work around high stack usage with gcc

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Date:   Sat,  4 Jan 2020 22:51:44 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Shay Agroskin <shayag@...lanox.com>,
        Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...lanox.com>,
        Aya Levin <ayal@...lanox.com>,
        Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mlx5: work around high stack usage with gcc

In some configurations, gcc tries too hard to optimize this code:

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c: In function 'mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats':
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c:302:1: error: the frame size of 1336 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]

As was stated in the bug report, the reason is that gcc runs into a corner
case in the register allocator that is rather hard to fix in a good way.

As there is an easy way to work around it, just add a comment and the
barrier that stops gcc from trying to overoptimize the function.

Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92657
Cc: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
index 9f09253f9f46..a05158472ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ static void mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 			s->tx_tls_drop_bypass_req   += sq_stats->tls_drop_bypass_req;
 #endif
 			s->tx_cqes		+= sq_stats->cqes;
+
+			/* https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92657 */
+			barrier();
 		}
 	}
 }
-- 
2.20.0