Thread (16 messages) 16 messages, 3 authors, 2019-02-26

[PATCH v7 05/11] powerpc/32: use memset() instead of memset_io() to zero BSS

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From: Christophe Leroy <hidden>
Date: 2019-02-25 13:48:50
Also in: linux-mm
Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Linus Torvalds

Revision v7 of 5 in this series; 1 review trailer.

Revisions (5)
  1. v6 [diff vs current]
  2. v7 current
  3. v8 [diff vs current]
  4. v9 [diff vs current]
  5. v11 [diff vs current]
Since commit 400c47d81ca38 ("powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once cache is
enabled"), memset() can be used before activation of the cache,
so no need to use memset_io() for zeroing the BSS.

Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c
index 99a3d82588e7..3482118ffe76 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ notrace unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 {
 	unsigned long offset = reloc_offset();
 
-	/* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have
-	 * caches on yet */
-	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0,
-			__bss_stop - __bss_start);
+	/* First zero the BSS */
+	memset(PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start);
 
 	/*
 	 * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections
-- 
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