Re: [kbuild-all] Re: kernel/rcu/tree.c:2073:23: warning: stack frame size of 2704 bytes in function 'rcu_gp_kthread'

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 05:18:21PM +0800, Rong Chen wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/6/21 12:49 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 12:19:57PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > Hi Paul,
> > > 
> > > FYI, the error/warning still remains.
> > > 
> > > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> > > head:   f5b6eb1e018203913dfefcf6fa988649ad11ad6e
> > > commit: 7dffe01765d9309b8bd5505503933ec0ec53d192 rcu: Add lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled() to raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node() macros
> > > date:   5 months ago
> > > config: powerpc-randconfig-r023-20210606 (attached as .config)
> > > compiler: clang version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 551a697c5cf33275b66add4fc467fcf59084cffb)
> > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> > >          wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> > >          chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> > >          # install powerpc cross compiling tool for clang build
> > >          # apt-get install binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu
> > >          # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7dffe01765d9309b8bd5505503933ec0ec53d192
> > >          git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> > >          git fetch --no-tags linus master
> > >          git checkout 7dffe01765d9309b8bd5505503933ec0ec53d192
> > >          # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> > >          COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=powerpc
> > > 
> > > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > > 
> > >     In file included from kernel/rcu/tree.c:21:
> > >     In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:12:
> > >     In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:29:
> > >     In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h:62:
> > >     arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h:49:9: warning: '__lwsync' macro redefined [-Wmacro-redefined]
> > >     #define __lwsync()      __asm__ __volatile__ (stringify_in_c(LWSYNC) : : :"memory")
> > >             ^
> > >     <built-in>:310:9: note: previous definition is here
> > >     #define __lwsync __builtin_ppc_lwsync
> > >             ^
> > > > > kernel/rcu/tree.c:2073:23: warning: stack frame size of 2704 bytes in function 'rcu_gp_kthread' [-Wframe-larger-than=]
> > >     static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *unused)
> > Does -rcu commit 2f20de99a63b ("rcu: Make rcu_gp_cleanup() be noinline
> > for tracing") help?
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> The stack frame size decreased to 2256 bytes:
> 
>   kernel/rcu/tree.c:2129:23: warning: stack frame size of 2256 bytes in
> function 'rcu_gp_kthread' [-Wframe-larger-than=]

Very good, thank you!  Does the following patch (in addition to that
commit) also help?

							Thanx, Paul

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diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 13bd8eee62bf..ef435aeac993 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ static void rcu_strict_gp_boundary(void *unused)
 /*
  * Initialize a new grace period.  Return false if no grace period required.
  */
-static bool rcu_gp_init(void)
+static noinline bool rcu_gp_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long firstseq;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ static void rcu_gp_fqs(bool first_time)
 /*
  * Loop doing repeated quiescent-state forcing until the grace period ends.
  */
-static void rcu_gp_fqs_loop(void)
+static noinline void rcu_gp_fqs_loop(void)
 {
 	bool first_gp_fqs;
 	int gf = 0;