Re: [PATCH 3/3] wifi: ath11k: mark ath11k_wow_convert_8023_to_80211() as noinline

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com> writes:

> When compiling the ath11k driver using clang with KASAN enabled, the
> following warning is observed:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wow.c:672:5: warning: stack frame size (1336) exceeds limit (1024) in 'ath11k_wow_op_suspend' [-Wframe-larger-than]
>
> This is similar to the issue found in ath12k/qmi.c that was discussed
> in [1] and fixed with [2]. The issue is that clang inlining can
> explode stack usage.
>
> ath11k_wow_op_suspend() itself is a pretty lightweight function, but
> it dispatches to several other functions which do the real work. One
> path in particular is:
>
> ath11k_wow_op_suspend()
> 	ath11k_wow_set_wakeups()
> 		ath11k_vif_wow_set_wakeups()
> 			ath11k_wow_convert_8023_to_80211()
>
> Of these, ath11k_wow_convert_8023_to_80211() has non-trivial stack
> usage, so mark it as 'noinline_for_stack' to prevent it from being
> inlined in ath11k_wow_op_suspend(), thereby eliminating the excessive
> stack usage.
>
> Link: https://msgid.link/bc214795-1c51-4cb7-922f-67d6ef98bff2@quicinc.com # [1]
> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241028-ath12k_qmi_driver_event_work-v1-1-0d532eb593fa@quicinc.com # [2]
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>

Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>

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