Re: [PATCH 08/26] brcmsmac: make some local variables 'static const' to reduce stack size
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Mar 06 2017 - 11:30:00 EST
Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2-3-2017 17:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> With KASAN and a couple of other patches applied, this driver is one
>> of the few remaining ones that actually use more than 2048 bytes of
>> kernel stack:
>>
>> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c: In function 'wlc_phy_workarounds_nphy_gainctrl':
>> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c:16065:1: warning: the frame size of 3264 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
>> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c: In function 'wlc_phy_workarounds_nphy':
>> broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c:17138:1: warning: the frame size of 2864 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
>>
>> Here, I'm reducing the stack size by marking as many local variables as
>> 'static const' as I can without changing the actual code.
>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Arnd, via which tree are you planning to submit these? I'm not sure
what I should do with the wireless drivers patches from this series.
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Kalle Valo