[PATCH v2 0/5] x86/boot: Early boot cleanups
From: Brian Gerst
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 16:00:39 EST
This series moves clearing BSS and copying boot parameters and the
command line to the early boot code. Clearing BSS early prevents using
unitialized data making the code more robust. Copying the boot
parameters early simplifies the code by not needing to pass around the
orignal source pointer and does not need special handling when
encryption is enabled.
v2 changes:
- Use sizeof(*boot_params) (Tom Lendacky)
- Always clear decrypted BSS section even if encryption is not active (Tom Lendacky)
Brian Gerst (5):
x86/sme: Clear decrypted BSS separately
x86/boot/64: Clear BSS as early as possible
x86/boot: Remove hardcoded boot_param constants
x86/boot/64: Remove copy_bootdata() call
x86/boot/64: Copy boot parameters and command line earlier
arch/x86/boot/startup/map_kernel.c | 10 ++--
arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c | 6 ++-
arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h | 14 ++----
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 11 ++---
arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 3 ++
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 61 ++---------------------
arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 4 +-
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 47 ++++++++++++++----
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c | 65 ++-----------------------
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 4 +-
arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S | 5 +-
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 6 +--
15 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)
base-commit: e811152a1de6a33cf5a933770821477757f69f99
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