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Let's use optimized routines such as memcpy to copy .data and memzero to clear .bss in the startup code instead of doing it one word at a time. Those routines don't use any global data so they're safe to use even if .data and .bss segments are not initialized. In the .data copy case a temporary stack is installed in the .bss area as the actual kernel stack is located within the copied data area. The XIP kernel linker script ensures a 8 byte alignment for that purpose. Finally, make the .data copy and related pointers surrounded by CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL to make it obvious what it is all about. This will allow for further cleanups in the non-XIP linker script. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Tested-by: Chris Brandt <Chris.Brandt@renesas.com>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.