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* [POWERPC] 32-bit early_init() should zero from __bss_start to __bss_stop only
@ 2006-10-25 23:36 Mark A. Greer
  2006-10-26  0:06 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mark A. Greer @ 2006-10-25 23:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Mackerras; +Cc: linuxppc-dev

Currently, early_init() in setup_32.c zeroes from '_bss_start' to '_end'.
It should only zero from '__bss_start' to '__bss_stop'.  This patch does that.

Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com>
---

 setup_32.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index a4c2964..c682e9a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned
 
 	/* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have
 	 * caches on yet */
-	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, _end - __bss_start);
+	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0,
+			__bss_stop - __bss_start);
 
 	/*
 	 * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections

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* Re: [POWERPC] 32-bit early_init() should zero from __bss_start to __bss_stop only
  2006-10-25 23:36 [POWERPC] 32-bit early_init() should zero from __bss_start to __bss_stop only Mark A. Greer
@ 2006-10-26  0:06 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  2007-03-16  4:30   ` Mark A. Greer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2006-10-26  0:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark A. Greer; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, Paul Mackerras

On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 16:36 -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> Currently, early_init() in setup_32.c zeroes from '_bss_start' to '_end'.
> It should only zero from '__bss_start' to '__bss_stop'.  This patch does that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com>

Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

> 
>  setup_32.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
> index a4c2964..c682e9a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
> @@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned
>  
>  	/* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have
>  	 * caches on yet */
> -	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, _end - __bss_start);
> +	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0,
> +			__bss_stop - __bss_start);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections
> _______________________________________________
> Linuxppc-dev mailing list
> Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
> https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev

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* Re: [POWERPC] 32-bit early_init() should zero from __bss_start to __bss_stop only
  2006-10-26  0:06 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
@ 2007-03-16  4:30   ` Mark A. Greer
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mark A. Greer @ 2007-03-16  4:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Mackerras; +Cc: linuxppc-dev

Paul,

This one was dropped somewhere along the way...

Mark
---

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:06:16AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 16:36 -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > Currently, early_init() in setup_32.c zeroes from '_bss_start' to '_end'.
> > It should only zero from '__bss_start' to '__bss_stop'.  This patch does that.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> 
> > 
> >  setup_32.c |    3 ++-
> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > ---
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
> > index a4c2964..c682e9a 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
> > @@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned
> >  
> >  	/* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have
> >  	 * caches on yet */
> > -	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, _end - __bss_start);
> > +	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0,
> > +			__bss_stop - __bss_start);
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections
> > _______________________________________________
> > Linuxppc-dev mailing list
> > Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
> > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
> 

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