Re: [linux-next:master 2819/11071] fs/ceph/addr.c:794:12: warning: stack frame size (2096) exceeds limit (2048) in 'ceph_writepages_start'

Kees Cook
2023-06-21T21:39:41Z

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 06:56:36AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> head: 9dbf40840551df336c95ce2a3adbdd25ed53c0ef
> commit: df8fc4e934c12b906d08050d7779f292b9c5c6b5 [2819/11071] kbuild: Enable -fstrict-flex-arrays=3

This looks very much like:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/202306100035.VTusNhm4-lkp@intel.com/

> config: riscv-randconfig-r004-20230620 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230621/202306210637.TpfYq9gM-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 16.0.4 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git ae42196bc493ffe877a7e3dff8be32035dea4d07)
> reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230621/202306210637.TpfYq9gM-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
>
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202306210637.TpfYq9gM-lkp@intel.com/
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> fs/ceph/addr.c:794:12: warning: stack frame size (2096) exceeds limit (2048) in 'ceph_writepages_start' [-Wframe-larger-than]
> static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
> ^
> 1820/2096 (86.83%) spills, 276/2096 (13.17%) variables
> 1 warning generated.

This appears to be a clang stack slot reuse issue. It continues to be
investigated.

-Kees

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Kees Cook