[PATCH 2/2] arm64: use memset to clear BSS
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From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
Date: 2016-01-06 11:05:27
Subsystem:
arm64 port (aarch64 architecture), the rest · Maintainers:
Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Linus Torvalds
Currently we use an open-coded memzero to clear the BSS. As it is a trivial implementation, it is sub-optimal. Our optimised memset doesn't use the stack, is position-independent, and for the memzero case can use of DC ZVA to clear large blocks efficiently. In __mmap_switched the MMU is on and there are no live caller-saved registers, so we can safely call an uninstrumented memset. This patch changes __mmap_switched to use memset when clearing the BSS. We use the __pi_memset alias so as to avoid any instrumentation in all kernel configurations. As with the head symbols, we must get the linker to generate __bss_size, as there is no ELF relocation for the subtraction of two symbols. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <redacted> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Marc Zyngier <redacted> Cc: Will Deacon <redacted> --- arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 14 ++++++-------- arch/arm64/kernel/image.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 23cfc08..247a97b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S@@ -415,14 +415,12 @@ ENDPROC(__create_page_tables) */ .set initial_sp, init_thread_union + THREAD_START_SP __mmap_switched: - adr_l x6, __bss_start - adr_l x7, __bss_stop - -1: cmp x6, x7 - b.hs 2f - str xzr, [x6], #8 // Clear BSS - b 1b -2: + // clear BSS + adr_l x0, __bss_start + mov x1, xzr + mov_l x2, __bss_size + bl __pi_memset + adr_l sp, initial_sp, x4 str_l x21, __fdt_pointer, x5 // Save FDT pointer str_l x24, memstart_addr, x6 // Save PHYS_OFFSET
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
index bc2abb8..5fd76b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h@@ -95,4 +95,6 @@ __efistub__edata = _edata; #endif +__bss_size = __bss_stop - __bss_start; + #endif /* __ASM_IMAGE_H */
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