On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 01:45:25PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > I ran into a couple of problems with kunit tests taking too much stack > space, sometimes dangerously so. These the the three instances that > cause an increase over the warning limit of some architectures: > > lib/bitfield_kunit.c:93:1: error: the frame size of 7440 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=] > drivers/base/test/property-entry-test.c:481:1: error: the frame size of 2640 bytes is larger than 2048 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=] > drivers/thunderbolt/test.c:1529:1: error: the frame size of 1176 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=] > > Ideally there should be a way to rewrite the kunit infrastructure > that avoids the explosion of stack data when the structleak plugin > is used. > > A rather drastic measure would be to use Kconfig logic to make > the two options mutually exclusive. This would clearly work, but > is probably not needed. > > As a simpler workaround, this disables the plugin for the three > files in which the excessive stack usage was observed. > > Arnd > > Arnd Bergmann (3): > bitfield: build kunit tests without structleak plugin > drivers/base: build kunit tests without structleak plugin > thunderbolt: build kunit tests without structleak plugin > > drivers/base/test/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/thunderbolt/Makefile | 1 + > lib/Makefile | 1 + > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+) I think I'd prefer centralizing the disabling, as done with the other plugins, instead of sprinkling "open coded" command-line options around the kernel's Makefiles. :) For example: diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins index 952e46876329..2d5009e3b593 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins +++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL) \ += -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref-all gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK) \ += -DSTRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN +ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK + DISABLE_STRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN += -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-disable +endif +export DISABLE_STRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT) += randomize_layout_plugin.so gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT) \ And then use DISABLE_STRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN. -- Kees Cook
