[PATCH 1/2] ARM: cpu: setupc: relocate BSS in relocate_to_adr()

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Sat Mar 14 00:50:23 PDT 2026


Hello Sascha,

On 3/13/26 12:17, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:20:42 +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> When calling relocate_to_adr(), barebox is copied without BSS to a new
>> place. The new BSS region is not necessarily zeroed, but setupc()
>> following relocate_to_adr() will take care of that.
>>
>> With incoming change to make setupc() idempotent, this will become
>> problematic as the variable in .data will indicate that the BSS is
>> zeroed, while the new BSS region isn't actually.
>>
>> [...]
> 
> Applied, thanks!
> 
> [1/2] ARM: cpu: setupc: relocate BSS in relocate_to_adr()
>       https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=d443585bcce6 (link may not be stable)
> [2/2] fixup! ARM: setup_c: avoid clearing BSS twice

Please reorder "ARM: cpu: setupc: relocate BSS in relocate_to_adr" before "ARM: setup_c: avoid clearing BSS twice" to keep bisection possible without intermittent breakage.

Thanks,
Ahmad

>       (no commit info)
> 
> Best regards,


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