The err_buf array uses 128 bytes of stack space. Move it off the stack by making it static. It's safe to use a shared buffer because klp_try_switch_task() is called under klp_mutex.
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmla...@suse.com> Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbe...@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c index 1bf362df76e1..5c4f0c1f826e 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c @@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ static int klp_check_stack(struct task_struct *task, char *err_buf) */ static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task) { + static char err_buf[STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE]; struct rq *rq; struct rq_flags flags; int ret; bool success = false; - char err_buf[STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE]; err_buf[0] = '\0'; @@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task) pr_debug("%s", err_buf); return success; - } /* -- 2.16.4