[PATCH 4/5] x86/boot/64: Remove copy_bootdata() call

From: Brian Gerst

Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 23:03:57 EST


On a normal boot, copy_bootdata() is first called in
x86_64_start_kernel(). The second call in x86_64_start_reservations()
is effectively a no-op.

Xen PV directly initializes boot_params, so it does not need to call
copy_bootdata() at all.

Remove the unnecessary call to copy_bootdata() from
x86_64_start_reservations().

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 8 ++------
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index d23f4272d930..18a4d3826af7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void __init mk_early_pgtbl_32(void);

#else
asmlinkage void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_kernel(char *real_mode);
-asmlinkage void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data);
+asmlinkage void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_reservations(void);

#endif /* __i386__ */
#endif /* _SETUP */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 9f19635c6390..d895376e9346 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -276,15 +276,11 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode
/* set init_top_pgt kernel high mapping*/
init_top_pgt[511] = early_top_pgt[511];

- x86_64_start_reservations(real_mode_data);
+ x86_64_start_reservations();
}

-void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)
+void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_reservations(void)
{
- /* version is always not zero if it is copied */
- if (!boot_params.hdr.version)
- copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
-
x86_early_init_platform_quirks();

switch (boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 6aa13d19c0a4..e6e2666da5a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(struct start_info *si)

/* Start the world */
cr4_init_shadow(); /* 32b kernel does this in i386_start_kernel() */
- x86_64_start_reservations((char *)__pa_symbol(&boot_params));
+ x86_64_start_reservations();
}

static int xen_cpu_up_prepare_pv(unsigned int cpu)
--
2.55.0