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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:32:07 +0800
From: Jason Yan <yanaijie@...wei.com>
To: <mpe@...erman.id.au>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	<diana.craciun@....com>, <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
	<benh@...nel.crashing.org>, <paulus@...ba.org>, <npiggin@...il.com>,
	<keescook@...omium.org>, <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <oss@...error.net>, Jason Yan
	<yanaijie@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] powerpc/fsl_booke/64: do not clear the BSS for the second pass

The BSS section has already cleared out in the first pass. No need to
clear it again. This can save some time when booting with KASLR
enabled.

Signed-off-by: Jason Yan <yanaijie@...wei.com>
Cc: Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>
Cc: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index ad79fddb974d..76d8cdeddc69 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -907,6 +907,13 @@ start_here_multiplatform:
 	bl      relative_toc
 	tovirt(r2,r2)
 
+	/* Do not clear the BSS for the second pass if randomized */
+	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r3, kernstart_virt_addr)
+	lwz     r3,0(r3)
+	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4, KERNELBASE)
+	cmpw	r3,r4
+	bne	4f
+
 	/* Clear out the BSS. It may have been done in prom_init,
 	 * already but that's irrelevant since prom_init will soon
 	 * be detached from the kernel completely. Besides, we need
-- 
2.17.2

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