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* [S390] bss section clearing.
@ 2007-02-21 10:03 Martin Schwidefsky
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From: Martin Schwidefsky @ 2007-02-21 10:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, linux-s390; +Cc: heiko.carstens

From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>

[S390] bss section clearing.

Clear only memory from __bss_start to __bss_stop when clearing the bss
section. Not until _end, which currently happens to be the same.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
---

 arch/s390/kernel/early.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -urpN linux-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/early.c linux-2.6-patched/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
--- linux-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/early.c	2007-02-21 10:47:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-patched/arch/s390/kernel/early.c	2007-02-21 10:47:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static inline void create_kernel_nss(voi
  */
 static noinline __init void clear_bss_section(void)
 {
-	memset(__bss_start, 0, _end - __bss_start);
+	memset(__bss_start, 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start);
 }
 
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