Re: [v4,2/2] powerpc32: memset: only use dcbz once cache is enabled

[Michael Ellerman]

On Wed, 2015-16-09 at 10:04:53 UTC, LEROY Christophe wrote:
> memset() uses instruction dcbz to speed up clearing by not wasting time
> loading cache line with data that will be overwritten.
> Some platform like mpc52xx do no have cache active at startup and
> can therefore not use memset(). Allthough no part of the code
> explicitly uses memset(), GCC may make calls to it.
> 
> This patch modifies memset() such that at startup, memset()
> unconditionally skip the optimised bloc that uses dcbz instruction.
> 
> Once the initial MMU is set up, in machine_init() we patch memset()
> by replacing this inconditional jump by a NOP
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/400c47d81ca383fc87d5a393

cheers
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