[S390] bss section clearing.

From: Martin Schwidefsky
Date: Wed Feb 21 2007 - 05:03:52 EST


From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>

[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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

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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