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

[Rong Chen <rong.a.chen@intel.com>]

On 6/7/21 11:19 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 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@intel.com>
>>>>
>>>> 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?

Hi Paul,

I applied the below patch on commit 2f20de99a63b and the warning is gone.

Best Regards,
Rong Chen

>
> 							Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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;