why kernel do eight times nop ?

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hi All,

is anyone can explain why kernel do eight times nop in
arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S ?

128 start:
129                 .type   start,#function
130                 .rept   8
131                 mov     r0, r0
132                 .endr

what's the purpose of that ?

best regards

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