On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:00:37AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > static void __intel_pmu_pebs_event(struct perf_event *event, > > struct pt_regs *iregs, > > void *base, void *top, > > int bit, int count, > > void (*setup_sample)(struct perf_event *, > > struct pt_regs *, > > void *, > > struct perf_sample_data *, > > struct pt_regs *)) > > { > > struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events); > > struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw; > > struct perf_sample_data data; > > struct x86_perf_regs perf_regs; > > struct pt_regs *regs = &perf_regs.regs; > > void *at = get_next_pebs_record_by_bit(base, top, bit); > > struct pt_regs dummy_iregs; > > The only thing I can come up with in a hurry is that that dummy_iregs > thing really should be static. That's 168 bytes of stack out the window > right there.
--- Subject: perf/x86: Make dummy_iregs static From: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> Date: Fri Oct 30 12:15:06 CET 2020 Having pt_regs on-stack is unfortunate, it's 168 bytes. Since it isn't actually used, make it a static variable. This both gets if off the stack and ensures it gets 0 initialized, just in case someone does look at it. Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <pet...@infradead.org> --- arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c @@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ static void __intel_pmu_pebs_event(struc struct x86_perf_regs perf_regs; struct pt_regs *regs = &perf_regs.regs; void *at = get_next_pebs_record_by_bit(base, top, bit); - struct pt_regs dummy_iregs; + static struct pt_regs dummy_iregs; if (hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD) { /*