Re: [PATCH] lib/test_hmm: reduce stack usage

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 06:31:44 EST


On 10.06.25 11:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

The various test ioctl handlers use arrays of 64 integers that add up to 1KiB
of stack data, which in turn leads to exceeding the warning limit in some
configurations:

lib/test_hmm.c:935:12: error: stack frame size (1408) exceeds limit (1280) in 'dmirror_migrate_to_device' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than]

Use half the size for these arrays, in order to stay under the warning limits.
The code can already deal with arbitrary lengths, but this may be a little less
efficient.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
lib/test_hmm.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/test_hmm.c b/lib/test_hmm.c
index 5b144bc5c4ec..761725bc713c 100644
--- a/lib/test_hmm.c
+++ b/lib/test_hmm.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int dmirror_fault(struct dmirror *dmirror, unsigned long start,
{
struct mm_struct *mm = dmirror->notifier.mm;
unsigned long addr;
- unsigned long pfns[64];
+ unsigned long pfns[32];
struct hmm_range range = {
.notifier = &dmirror->notifier,
.hmm_pfns = pfns,
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ static int dmirror_migrate_to_system(struct dmirror *dmirror,
unsigned long size = cmd->npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
struct mm_struct *mm = dmirror->notifier.mm;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
- unsigned long src_pfns[64] = { 0 };
- unsigned long dst_pfns[64] = { 0 };
+ unsigned long src_pfns[32] = { 0 };
+ unsigned long dst_pfns[32] = { 0 };
struct migrate_vma args = { 0 };
unsigned long next;
int ret;
@@ -939,8 +939,8 @@ static int dmirror_migrate_to_device(struct dmirror *dmirror,
unsigned long size = cmd->npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
struct mm_struct *mm = dmirror->notifier.mm;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
- unsigned long src_pfns[64] = { 0 };
- unsigned long dst_pfns[64] = { 0 };
+ unsigned long src_pfns[32] = { 0 };
+ unsigned long dst_pfns[32] = { 0 };
struct dmirror_bounce bounce;
struct migrate_vma args = { 0 };
unsigned long next;
@@ -1144,8 +1144,8 @@ static int dmirror_snapshot(struct dmirror *dmirror,
unsigned long size = cmd->npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
unsigned long addr;
unsigned long next;
- unsigned long pfns[64];
- unsigned char perm[64];
+ unsigned long pfns[32];
+ unsigned char perm[32];
char __user *uptr;
struct hmm_range range = {
.hmm_pfns = pfns,

Should we just add a define for the common value (now 32)?

TEST_HMM_NR_PFN or sth like that.

--
Cheers,

David / dhildenb