Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix possible stack overflows

[Jacob Keller]

On 2/13/2024 2:08 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> A couple of debug functions use a 512 byte temporary buffer and call another
> function that has another buffer of the same size, which in turn exceeds the
> usual warning limit for excessive stack usage:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_dbg.c:1073:1: error: stack frame size (1448) exceeds limit (1024) in 'dr_dump_start' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]
> dr_dump_start(struct seq_file *file, loff_t *pos)
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_dbg.c:1009:1: error: stack frame size (1120) exceeds limit (1024) in 'dr_dump_domain' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]
> dr_dump_domain(struct seq_file *file, struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_dbg.c:705:1: error: stack frame size (1104) exceeds limit (1024) in 'dr_dump_matcher_rx_tx' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]
> dr_dump_matcher_rx_tx(struct seq_file *file, bool is_rx,
> 
> Rework these so that each of the various code paths only ever has one of
> these buffers in it, and exactly the functions that declare one have
> the 'noinline_for_stack' annotation that prevents them from all being
> inlined into the same caller.
> 
> Fixes: 917d1e799ddf ("net/mlx5: DR, Change SWS usage to debug fs seq_file interface")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>