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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org,
	catalin.marinas@arm.com,  mark.rutland@arm.com,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
	 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
	Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
	 Liz Prucka <lizprucka@google.com>,
	Seth Jenkins <sethjenkins@google.com>,
	 Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org,  linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,  linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>,
	 Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>,
	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
	 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Subject: [PATCH v7 12/15] sh: Drop cache flush of the zero page at boot
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 17:02:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529150150.1670604-29-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529150150.1670604-17-ardb+git@google.com>

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

SuperH performs cache maintenance on the zero page during boot,
presumably because before commit

  6215d9f4470f ("arch, mm: consolidate empty_zero_page")

the zero page did double duty as a boot params region, and was cleared
separately, as it was not part of BSS. The memset() in question was
dropped by that commit, but the __flush_wback_region() call remained.

As empty_zero_page[] has been moved to BSS, it can be treated as any
other BSS memory, and so the cache flush can be dropped.

Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 arch/sh/mm/init.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index 4e40d5e96be9..110308bdef01 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	/* Set this up early, so we can take care of the zero page */
 	cpu_cache_init();
 
-	/* clear the zero-page */
-	__flush_wback_region(empty_zero_page, PAGE_SIZE);
-
 	vsyscall_init();
 
 	pr_info("virtual kernel memory layout:\n"
-- 
2.54.0.823.g6e5bcc1fc9-goog



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-29 15:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-29 15:01 [PATCH v7 00/15] arm64: Unmap linear alias of kernel data/bss Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 01/15] arm64: mm: Remove bogus stop condition from map_mem() loop Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 02/15] arm64: mm: Drop redundant pgd_t* argument from map_mem() Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 03/15] arm64: mm: Check for pud_/pmd_set_huge() failures on kernel mappings Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 04/15] arm64: mm: Preserve existing table mappings when mapping DRAM Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 05/15] arm64: mm: Preserve non-contiguous descriptors " Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 06/15] arm64: mm: Permit contiguous descriptors to be manipulated Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 07/15] arm64: kfence: Avoid NOMAP tricks when mapping the early pool Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 08/15] arm64: mm: Permit contiguous attribute for preliminary mappings Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 09/15] arm64: Move fixmap and kasan page tables to end of kernel image Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 10/15] arm64: mm: Don't abuse memblock NOMAP to check for overlaps Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 11/15] powerpc/code-patching: Avoid r/w mapping of the zero page Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 13/15] mm: Make empty_zero_page[] const Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 14/15] arm64: mm: Map the kernel data/bss read-only in the linear map Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 15/15] arm64: mm: Unmap kernel data/bss entirely from " Ard Biesheuvel

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