Re: [PATCH] drm: a6xx: avoid excessive stack usage

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On 10/21/2024 3:01 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 21.10.2024 11:25 AM, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 04:14:13PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 03:01:46PM +0530, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 03:11:38PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clang-19 and above sometimes end up with multiple copies of the large
>>>>> a6xx_hfi_msg_bw_table structure on the stack. The problem is that
>>>>> a6xx_hfi_send_bw_table() calls a number of device specific functions to
>>>>> fill the structure, but these create another copy of the structure on
>>>>> the stack which gets copied to the first.
>>>>>
>>>>> If the functions get inlined, that busts the warning limit:
>>>>>
>>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_hfi.c:631:12: error: stack frame size (1032) exceeds limit (1024) in 'a6xx_hfi_send_bw_table' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]
>>>>
>>>> Why does this warning says that the limit is 1024? 1024 bytes is too small, isn't it?
>>>
>>> Kernel stacks are expected to be space limited, so 1024 is a logical
>>> limit for a single function.
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification. I think it is better to move this table to
>> struct a6xx_gmu which is required anyway when we implement dynamic generation
>> of bw table. Also, we can skip initializing it in subsequent gpu wake ups.
>>
>> Arnd, do you think that would be sufficient? I can send that patch if you
>> want help.
> 
> FWIW I implemented this at one point.. ended up only rebasing it for months
> as I kept delaying GMU voting until we get an in-tree dram frequency LUT
> retrieving driver..
> 
> https://github.com/SoMainline/linux/commits/konrad/longbois-next/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno
> 
> worth noting that this used to be my R&D branch so this is very much err..
> "provided as-is".. but it did work on 8250!
> 

Thanks, Konrad. "IB vote via GMU" support is there in my bucket list. I can help
out if you want to clean this up and send out.

-Akhil
 
> Konrad





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