From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> struct i2c_client is way too large to be put on the kernel stack, and depending on the kernel configuration, this can exceed the compile-time warning limit: drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:1420:12: error: stack frame size (1040) exceeds limit (1024) in 'i2c_do_add_adapter' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than] 1420 | static int i2c_do_add_adapter(struct i2c_driver *driver, | ^ The current version is the result of a cleanup patch that does not appear to be a requirement for anything else, so address the problem through a simple revert. Fixes: 735668f8e5c9 ("i2c: core: Allocate temp client on the stack in i2c_detect") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c index 35a221e2c11c..5c9419e95044 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ static int i2c_detect_address(struct i2c_client *temp_client, static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver) { const unsigned short *address_list; - struct i2c_client temp_client; + struct i2c_client *temp_client; int i, err = 0; address_list = driver->address_list; @@ -2527,19 +2527,22 @@ static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver) return 0; /* Set up a temporary client to help detect callback */ - memset(&temp_client, 0, sizeof(temp_client)); - temp_client.adapter = adapter; + temp_client = kzalloc(sizeof(struct i2c_client), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!temp_client) + return -ENOMEM; + temp_client->adapter = adapter; for (i = 0; address_list[i] != I2C_CLIENT_END; i += 1) { dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "found normal entry for adapter %d, addr 0x%02x\n", i2c_adapter_id(adapter), address_list[i]); - temp_client.addr = address_list[i]; - err = i2c_detect_address(&temp_client, driver); + temp_client->addr = address_list[i]; + err = i2c_detect_address(temp_client, driver); if (unlikely(err)) break; } + kfree(temp_client); return err; } -- 2.39.5