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SubjectRe: arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c:264:6: error: stack frame size of 2304 bytes in function 'kvmhv_enter_nested_guest'
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 07:46:03PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> writes:
> > On 6/20/2021 4:59 PM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> >> Excerpts from kernel test robot's message of April 3, 2021 8:47 pm:
> >>> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> >>> head: d93a0d43e3d0ba9e19387be4dae4a8d5b175a8d7
> >>> commit: 97e4910232fa1f81e806aa60c25a0450276d99a2 linux/compiler-clang.h: define HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP*
> >>> date: 3 weeks ago
> >>> config: powerpc64-randconfig-r006-20210403 (attached as .config)
> >>> compiler: clang version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 0fe8af94688aa03c01913c2001d6a1a911f42ce6)
> >>> 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 powerpc64 cross compiling tool for clang build
> >>> # apt-get install binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu
> >>> # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=97e4910232fa1f81e806aa60c25a0450276d99a2
> >>> git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> >>> git fetch --no-tags linus master
> >>> git checkout 97e4910232fa1f81e806aa60c25a0450276d99a2
> >>> # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> >>> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=powerpc64
> >>>
> >>> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> >>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> >>>
> >>> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >>>
> >>>>> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c:264:6: error: stack frame size of 2304 bytes in function 'kvmhv_enter_nested_guest' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than=]
> >>> long kvmhv_enter_nested_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >>> ^
> >>> 1 error generated.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> vim +/kvmhv_enter_nested_guest +264 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
> >>
> >> Not much changed here recently. It's not that big a concern because it's
> >> only called in the KVM ioctl path, not in any deep IO paths or anything,
> >> and doesn't recurse. Might be a bit of inlining or stack spilling put it
> >> over the edge.
> >
> > It appears to be the fact that LLVM's PowerPC backend does not emit
> > efficient byteswap assembly:
> >
> > https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1292
> >
> > https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49610
> >
> >> powerpc does make it an error though, would be good to avoid that so the
> >> robot doesn't keep tripping over.
> >
> > Marking byteswap_pt_regs as 'noinline_for_stack' drastically reduces the
> > stack usage. If that is an acceptable solution, I can send it along
> > tomorrow.
>
> Yeah that should be OK. Can you post the before/after disassembly when
> you post the patch?
>
> It should just be two extra function calls, which shouldn't be enough
> overhead to be measurable.

The diff is pretty large so I have attached it here along with the full
disassembly of the files before and after the patch I am about to send.
I will reply to this message so the history is there.

Cheers,
Nathan

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