Re: [PATCH] crypto: ecc - Unbreak the build on arm with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK=y

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 08:15:49AM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> Andrew reports the following build breakage of arm allmodconfig,
> reproducible with gcc 14.2.0 and 15.2.0:
> 
>   crypto/ecc.c: In function 'ecc_point_mult':
>   crypto/ecc.c:1380:1: error: the frame size of 1360 bytes is larger than 1280 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]
> 
> gcc excessively inlines functions called by ecc_point_mult() (without
> there being any explicit inline declarations) and doesn't seem smart
> enough to stay below CONFIG_FRAME_WARN.
> 
> clang does not exhibit the issue.
> 
> The issue only occurs with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK=y because it enlarges the
> frame size.  This has been a controversial topic a couple of times:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAK8P3a3_Tdc-XVPXrJ69j3S9048uzmVJGrNcvi0T6yr6OrHkPw@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Prevent gcc from going overboard with inlining to unbreak the build.
> The maximum inline limit to avoid the error is 101.  Use 100 to get a
> nice round number per Andrew's preference.
> 
> Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> # off-list
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
> ---
>  crypto/Makefile | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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