[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 15/28] xen/arm32: head: Rework and document zero_bss()

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

On secondary CPUs, zero_bss() will be a NOP because BSS only need to be
zeroed once at boot. So the call in the secondary CPUs path can be
removed.

Lastly, document the behavior and the main registers usage within the
function.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
    Changes in v3:
        - Add Stefano's reviewed-by

    Changes in v2:
        - Patch added
---
 xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S b/xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S
index c7b4fe4cd4..1189ed6c47 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ GLOBAL(init_secondary)
         PRINT(" booting -\r\n")
 #endif
         bl    check_cpu_mode
-        bl    zero_bss
         bl    cpu_init
         bl    create_page_tables
         bl    enable_mmu
@@ -238,11 +237,15 @@ check_cpu_mode:
         b     fail
 ENDPROC(check_cpu_mode)
 
+/*
+ * Zero BSS
+ *
+ * Inputs:
+ *   r10: Physical offset
+ *
+ * Clobbers r0 - r3
+ */
 zero_bss:
-        /* Zero BSS On the boot CPU to avoid nasty surprises */
-        teq   r12, #0
-        bne   skip_bss
-
         PRINT("- Zero BSS -\r\n")
         ldr   r0, =__bss_start       /* Load start & end of bss */
         ldr   r1, =__bss_end
@@ -254,7 +257,6 @@ zero_bss:
         cmp   r0, r1
         blo   1b
 
-skip_bss:
         mov   pc, lr
 ENDPROC(zero_bss)
 
-- 
2.11.0


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