arm64: head.S: use memset to clear BSS
authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Wed, 6 Jan 2016 11:05:27 +0000 (11:05 +0000)
committerAlex Shi <alex.shi@linaro.org>
Wed, 11 May 2016 09:01:09 +0000 (17:01 +0800)
commit1ebc63c2d5ebd9578b625a049b6f83e9181caf8d
tree86fa0b41ecf82e9eae5863c5d559aa2194391a72
parent91a6481661c6e9d8e503540decf6382a604c7893
arm64: head.S: use memset to clear BSS

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.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
(cherry picked from commit 2a803c4db615d85126c5c7afd5849a3cfde71422)
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linaro.org>
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S