Re: div_u64/do_div stack size usage, was Re: [v3] block: Removed a warning while compiling with a cross compiler for parisc

On 2021-07-08 7:37 a.m., Arnd Bergmann wrote:

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I think setting it to 2048 is rather excessive,

Since parisc needs roughly twice the frame (and stack) size as x86,
2048 seemed logical since that's the double of what's used on x86.
Of course we can reduce it, e.g. to 1536.

But it doesn't use twice as much for large functions at all. The stack
frame for a small function is much larger, so you need a larger kernel
stack to allow for deely nested call chains, but the frame for single
function with large variables is only a bit larger as most of it is used up
by those variables.

Correct.  In the 32-bit target, the stack alignment is 64 bytes.  This is the main reason functions
with small stacks use more stack than on x86.  There's also the frame marker that needs to be
reserved.  In the 64-bit target, the stack alignment is 16 bytes.  However, the minimum allocation
is quite large because of frame marker, 8 call registers and the argument pointer slots.  If a function
uses a significant number of local variables, there shouldn't be much difference in stack size.

Dave

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