[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: reduce stack usage in spi_nor_parse_sfdp()

Michael Walle mwalle at kernel.org
Wed Oct 7 05:57:16 PDT 2026


Hi Arnd,

>> > On Tue Sep 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM CEST, Arnd Bergmann wrote:  
>> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
>> > >
>> > > Two large spi_nor_flash_parameter structures on a function stack
>> > > is really too much, and this can exceed an otherwise reasonable
>> > > frame limit:
>> > >
>> > > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c: In function 'spi_nor_parse_sfdp':
>> > > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c:1717:1: error: the frame size of 1600 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]

Will you resend a v2 with Davids proposal? I'd like to get this
fixed in this cycle. I could also take your patch and add Davids
proposal on top.

-michael

>> > >
>> > > Change one of them to a dynamic allocation to make this more reasonable.    
>> > 
>> > Thanks for taking care of that. Will you respin the patch with what
>> > David suggested?  
>> 
>> This compiles...
>
> It didn't - I thought I had compiled it :-(
> Try:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> index 641f17ad51a0..cec699b52f27 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> @@ -1519,9 +1519,9 @@ int spi_nor_check_sfdp_signature(struct spi_nor *nor)
>   */
>  int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor)
>  {
> +       struct spi_nor_flash_parameter *save_params __free(kfree) = kmalloc_objs(*save_params, 2);
>         const struct sfdp_parameter_header *param_header, *bfpt_header;
>         struct sfdp_parameter_header *param_headers = NULL;
> -       struct spi_nor_flash_parameter params, params2;
>         struct sfdp_header header;
>         struct device *dev = nor->dev;
>         struct sfdp *sfdp;
> @@ -1533,7 +1533,9 @@ int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor)
>          * Get a backup of all the parameter to roll back to in case of an
>          * error.
>          */
> -       memcpy(&params, nor->params, sizeof(params));
> +       if (!save_params)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +       save_params[0] = *nor->params;
>
>         /* Get the SFDP header. */
>         err = spi_nor_read_sfdp_dma_unsafe(nor, 0, sizeof(header), &header);
> @@ -1653,7 +1655,7 @@ int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor)
>
>         /* Parse optional parameter tables. */
>         for (i = 0; i < header.nph; i++) {
> -               memcpy(&params2, nor->params, sizeof(params2));
> +               save_params[1] = *nor->params;
>                 param_header = &param_headers[i];
>
>                 switch (SFDP_PARAM_HEADER_ID(param_header)) {
> @@ -1691,7 +1693,7 @@ int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor)
>                          * spi_nor_flash_parameter data.
>                          */
>                         err = 0;
> -                       memcpy(nor->params, &params2, sizeof(*nor->params));
> +                       *nor->params = save_params[1];
>                 }
>         }
>
> @@ -1712,7 +1714,7 @@ int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor)
>  free_param_headers:
>         kfree(param_headers);
>         if (err)
> -               memcpy(nor->params, &params, sizeof(*nor->params));
> +               *nor->params = save_params[0];
>
>         return err;
>  }
> --
>
> David
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