[PATCH review for 4.4 06/47] MIPS: Ensure bss section ends on a long-aligned address

2017-09-19 Thread Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)
From: Paul Burton [ Upstream commit 3f00f4d8f083bc61005d0a1ef592b149f5c88bbd ] When clearing the .bss section in kernel_entry we do so using LONG_S instructions, and branch whilst the current write address doesn't equal the end of the .bss section minus the size of a

[PATCH review for 4.4 06/47] MIPS: Ensure bss section ends on a long-aligned address

2017-09-19 Thread Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)
From: Paul Burton [ Upstream commit 3f00f4d8f083bc61005d0a1ef592b149f5c88bbd ] When clearing the .bss section in kernel_entry we do so using LONG_S instructions, and branch whilst the current write address doesn't equal the end of the .bss section minus the size of a long integer. The .bss