Remove a redundant memset() call from efi_relocate_kernel() that was clearing memory that would be used by BSS in non-compressed images loaded with this function. This clear was redundant with the clearing done in the image itself, and also implemented incorrectly with a 0 length. Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c index cc0581d..b6bffbf 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c @@ -567,8 +567,6 @@ static efi_status_t efi_relocate_kernel(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg, * have been allocated by UEFI, so we can safely use memcpy. */ memcpy((void *)new_addr, (void *)cur_image_addr, image_size); - /* Zero any extra space we may have allocated for BSS. */ - memset((void *)(new_addr + image_size), alloc_size - image_size, 0); /* Return the new address of the relocated image. */ *image_addr = new_addr; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
