From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
Detlev Casanova <detlev.casanova@collabora.com>,
Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>, Alex Bee <knaerzche@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] media: rkvdec: reduce stack usage in rkvdec_init_v4l2_vp9_count_tbl()
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:32:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca81b8b03651cdb4f997c89fffd489407be59b8b.camel@collabora.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260202094804.1231706-2-arnd@kernel.org>
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Le lundi 02 février 2026 à 10:47 +0100, Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> The deeply nested loop in rkvdec_init_v4l2_vp9_count_tbl() needs a lot
> of registers, so when the clang register allocator runs out, it ends up
> spilling countless temporaries to the stack:
>
> drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rkvdec/rkvdec-vp9.c:966:12: error: stack frame size (1472) exceeds limit (1280) in 'rkvdec_vp9_start' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]
>
> Marking this function as noinline_for_stack keeps it out of
> rkvdec_vp9_start(), giving the compiler more room for optimization.
>
> The resulting code is good enough that both the total stack usage
> and the loop get enough better to stay under the warning limit,
> though it's still slow, and would need a larger rework if this
> function ends up being called in a fast path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rkvdec/rkvdec-vp9.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rkvdec/rkvdec-vp9.c b/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rkvdec/rkvdec-vp9.c
> index ba51a7c2fe55..1c875d5a2bac 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rkvdec/rkvdec-vp9.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rkvdec/rkvdec-vp9.c
> @@ -893,7 +893,8 @@ static void rkvdec_vp9_done(struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx,
> update_ctx_last_info(vp9_ctx);
> }
>
> -static void rkvdec_init_v4l2_vp9_count_tbl(struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx)
> +static noinline_for_stack void
> +rkvdec_init_v4l2_vp9_count_tbl(struct rkvdec_ctx *ctx)
> {
> struct rkvdec_vp9_ctx *vp9_ctx = ctx->priv;
> struct rkvdec_vp9_intra_frame_symbol_counts *intra_cnts = vp9_ctx->count_tbl.cpu;
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-02 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-02 9:47 [PATCH 1/2] media: rkvdec: reduce excessive stack usage in assemble_hw_pps() Arnd Bergmann
2026-02-02 9:47 ` [PATCH 2/2] media: rkvdec: reduce stack usage in rkvdec_init_v4l2_vp9_count_tbl() Arnd Bergmann
2026-02-02 16:32 ` Nicolas Dufresne [this message]
2026-02-02 13:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] media: rkvdec: reduce excessive stack usage in assemble_hw_pps() Nicolas Dufresne
2026-02-02 14:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-02-02 15:12 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-02-02 15:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-02-02 16:31 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-02-02 22:45 ` David Laight
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