From: David van Moolenbroek <david@minix3.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 04:17:52 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ASR pass: disable caller padding by default
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ASR pass: disable caller padding by default

The feature is fundamentally broken.  See the comment in the code.

Change-Id: If36b06b0732cc4d18f20240ed96d30a7959b0d21
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diff --git a/minix/llvm/passes/asr/ASRPass.cpp b/minix/llvm/passes/asr/ASRPass.cpp
index 39593ba12..22439aad3 100644
--- a/minix/llvm/passes/asr/ASRPass.cpp
+++ b/minix/llvm/passes/asr/ASRPass.cpp
@@ -562,6 +562,14 @@ bool ASRPass::runOnModule(Module &M) {
                         if (Instruction *I = dyn_cast<Instruction>(U)) {
                             Function *parent = I->getParent()->getParent();
                             /* XXX Skipping MAGIC_ENTRY_POINT shouldn't be necessary. Check why. */
+                            /* ..the reason is that main() typically contains the message loop, which loops
+                             * forever making calls. These calls are getting padded, and AllocaInst causes a
+                             * stack pointer adjustment every time a call is made. This stack memory is never
+                             * released, since the function never returns. The result is that we eventually
+                             * run out of stack. Since MINIX3 also uses user-level threads these days, the
+                             * problem is not limited to main(), and for this reason I have disabled caller
+                             * padding by default. -dcvmoole
+                             */
                             if(MAGIC_IS_MAGIC_FUNC(M, parent) || parent->getName().equals(MAGIC_ENTRY_POINT)) {
                                 continue;
                             }
diff --git a/minix/llvm/passes/include/asr/ASRPass.h b/minix/llvm/passes/include/asr/ASRPass.h
index dd4d49436..6a8f239f7 100644
--- a/minix/llvm/passes/include/asr/ASRPass.h
+++ b/minix/llvm/passes/include/asr/ASRPass.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define STACKFRAME_DEFAULT_MAX_PADDING  5000
 #define STACKFRAME_DEFAULT_DO_PERMUTATE 1
 #define STACKFRAME_DEFAULT_STATIC_PADDING 1
-#define STACKFRAME_DEFAULT_CALLER_PADDING 1
+#define STACKFRAME_DEFAULT_CALLER_PADDING 0 // broken, disabled (see note in code)
 
 #define HEAP_MAP_DEFAULT_DO_PERMUTATE   1