[RFC PATCH 15/15] arm64: mm: Set stack size from the kernel command line
From: Mostafa Saleh
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 13:59:04 EST
Select CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_VARIABLE_STACK_SIZE for arm64 and override
arch_vm_stack_pages() to a value set from the command line, this
value have the following properties:
- Aligned to page size (doesn't need to be a power of 2), so it can
be 12kB for example
- Min value is chosen to be 8kB
- Max value will be the default stack size on arm64 which is used to
allocate the VA range for the kernel stack.
Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++++
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 12 ++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 10 +++++---
arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 33cd30996e47..e6ef22f01e01 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2920,6 +2920,13 @@ Kernel parameters
keepinitrd [HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
+ kernel_stack_pages=
+ [ARM64,EARLY]
+ Format: <integer>
+ Number of pages mapped for each task kernel stack.
+ The virtual area stays THREAD_SIZE and only its top
+ pages are mapped.
+
kernelcore= [KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 020fcaf36b1b..5e09ae904e34 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ config ARM64
select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DMA_SET if EXPERT
+ select ARCH_HAS_VARIABLE_STACK_SIZE
select ARCH_HAVE_ELF_PROT
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select ARCH_HAVE_TRACE_MMIO_ACCESS
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
index 4545d9b39bd5..1d300b16032d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@
#define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END __pa(PAGE_END - 1)
#define MIN_THREAD_SHIFT (14 + KASAN_THREAD_SHIFT)
+#define MIN_KERNEL_STACK_SHIFT (13 + KASAN_THREAD_SHIFT)
+
+#if (MIN_KERNEL_STACK_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define MIN_KERNEL_STACK_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
+#else
+#define MIN_KERNEL_STACK_SIZE (UL(1) << MIN_KERNEL_STACK_SHIFT)
+#endif
/*
* VMAP'd stacks are allocated at page granularity, so we must ensure that such
@@ -130,6 +137,11 @@
#define THREAD_SIZE (UL(1) << THREAD_SHIFT)
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+extern unsigned long kernel_stack_pages;
+#define arch_vm_stack_pages() (kernel_stack_pages)
+#endif
+
#define THREAD_ALIGN THREAD_SIZE
#define IRQ_STACK_SIZE THREAD_SIZE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index ea733b673970..39e68aace0a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@
msr spsel, #0
mov x1, sp
msr spsel, #1
- sub x1, x1, x0
- cmp x1, #THREAD_SIZE
- b.lo .Lstack_ok\@
+
+ add x0, x0, #THREAD_SIZE
+ sub x1, x0, x1
+ adr_l x0, kernel_stack_pages
+ ldr x0, [x0]
+ cmp x1, x0, lsl #PAGE_SHIFT
+ b.ls .Lstack_ok\@
/* Check whether we are on the IRQ, SDEI or EFI stacks. */
stp x2, x30, [sp, #-16]!
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 29c6100f0c50..34559048dcca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -278,6 +278,30 @@ u64 cpu_logical_map(unsigned int cpu)
return __cpu_logical_map[cpu];
}
+unsigned long kernel_stack_pages __ro_after_init = THREAD_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+static int __init setup_kernel_stack_pages(char *str)
+{
+ unsigned long min = MIN_KERNEL_STACK_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE;
+ unsigned long max = THREAD_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE;
+ unsigned long val;
+
+ if (!str)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (kstrtoul(str, 10, &val) || val < min || val > max) {
+ pr_err("Invalid kernel_stack_pages=%s, should be between %lu and %lu\n",
+ str, min, max);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ kernel_stack_pages = val;
+ pr_info("Kernel stack size set to %lu KiB\n", (val * PAGE_SIZE) / SZ_1K);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("kernel_stack_pages", setup_kernel_stack_pages);
+
void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
{
setup_initial_init_mm(_text, _etext, _edata, _end);
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