[PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: setup_c: avoid clearing BSS twice
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Wed Mar 4 01:05:38 PST 2026
Hi,
On 3/4/26 8:53 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Add a bss_cleared variable that is set after the first call to
> setup_c(). On subsequent calls, the BSS clear is skipped to avoid
> wiping already-initialized data.
>
> Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply at anthropic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
Minor point below:
> +.section .data
.data.bss_cleared or is it already in its own section?
> +bss_cleared:
> + .word 0
> +
> /*
> * void relocate_to_adr(unsigned long targetadr)
> *
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/setupc_64.S b/arch/arm/cpu/setupc_64.S
> index fd95187a04..caa16d3582 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/setupc_64.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/setupc_64.S
> @@ -7,19 +7,29 @@
> .section .text.setupc
>
> /*
> - * setup_c: clear bss
> + * setup_c: clear bss if not yet done
> */
> ENTRY(setup_c)
> + adr_l x0, bss_cleared
> + ldr w1, [x0]
> + cbnz w1, 1f /* skip if already done */
> mov x15, x30
> adr_l x0, __bss_start
> mov x1, #0
> adr_l x2, __bss_stop
> sub x2, x2, x0
> bl __memset /* clear bss */
> + adr_l x0, bss_cleared
> + mov w1, #1
> + str w1, [x0] /* mark bss cleared */
> mov x30, x15
> - ret
> +1: ret
> ENDPROC(setup_c)
>
> +.section .data
Same question
> +bss_cleared:
> + .word 0
> +
> /*
> * void relocate_to_adr(unsigned long targetadr)
> *
>
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