in 2.4.20 code, in comment say this clear BSS, i think this not only
clear the BSS and set other data ,them are not belong to BSS, such as
.data.init_task to zero

in file arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
/*
 * Clear BSS            
 */
        xorl %eax,%eax
        movl $ SYMBOL_NAME(_edata),%edi
        movl $ SYMBOL_NAME(_end),%ecx
        subl %edi,%ecx
        cld
        rep
        stosb

in file \arch\i386\vmlinux.lds

_edata = .;                     /* End of data section */

  . = ALIGN(8192);              /* init_task */
  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }

  . = ALIGN(4096);              /* Init code and data */
  __init_begin = .;
  .text.init : { *(.text.init) }
  .data.init : { *(.data.init) }
  . = ALIGN(16);
  __setup_start = .;
  .setup.init : { *(.setup.init) }
  __setup_end = .;
  __initcall_start = .;
  .initcall.init : { *(.initcall.init) }
  __initcall_end = .;
  . = ALIGN(4096);
  __init_end = .;

  . = ALIGN(4096);
  .data.page_aligned : { *(.data.idt) }

  . = ALIGN(32);
  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }

  __bss_start = .;              /* BSS */
  .bss : {
        *(.bss)
        }
  _end = . ;


is it right?
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Reply via email to