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Date:	Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:26:01 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Alexander Kuleshov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kuleshovmail@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, luto@...nel.org,
	alpopov@...ecurity.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	ryabinin.a.a@...il.com
Subject: [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Micro-optimize reset_early_page_tables()

Commit-ID:  5e9ebbd87a99ecc6abb74325b0ac63c46891f6f3
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/5e9ebbd87a99ecc6abb74325b0ac63c46891f6f3
Author:     Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:01:12 +0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 09:20:55 +0100

x86/boot: Micro-optimize reset_early_page_tables()

Save 25 bytes of code and make the bootup a tiny bit faster:

     text    data bss             dec             filename
  9735144 4970776 15474688        30180608        vmlinux.old
  9735119 4970776 15474688        30180583        vmlinux

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
Cc: Alexander Popov <alpopov@...ecurity.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454140872-16926-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@gmail.com
[ Fixed various small details. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index f129a9a..35843ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -40,13 +40,8 @@ pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
 /* Wipe all early page tables except for the kernel symbol map */
 static void __init reset_early_page_tables(void)
 {
-	unsigned long i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PGD-1; i++)
-		early_level4_pgt[i].pgd = 0;
-
+	memset(early_level4_pgt, 0, sizeof(pgd_t)*(PTRS_PER_PGD-1));
 	next_early_pgt = 0;
-
 	write_cr3(__pa_nodebug(early_level4_pgt));
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +49,6 @@ static void __init reset_early_page_tables(void)
 int __init early_make_pgtable(unsigned long address)
 {
 	unsigned long physaddr = address - __PAGE_OFFSET;
-	unsigned long i;
 	pgdval_t pgd, *pgd_p;
 	pudval_t pud, *pud_p;
 	pmdval_t pmd, *pmd_p;
@@ -81,8 +75,7 @@ again:
 		}
 
 		pud_p = (pudval_t *)early_dynamic_pgts[next_early_pgt++];
-		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PUD; i++)
-			pud_p[i] = 0;
+		memset(pud_p, 0, sizeof(pud_p) * PTRS_PER_PUD);
 		*pgd_p = (pgdval_t)pud_p - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base + _KERNPG_TABLE;
 	}
 	pud_p += pud_index(address);
@@ -97,8 +90,7 @@ again:
 		}
 
 		pmd_p = (pmdval_t *)early_dynamic_pgts[next_early_pgt++];
-		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PMD; i++)
-			pmd_p[i] = 0;
+		memset(pmd_p, 0, sizeof(pmd_p) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
 		*pud_p = (pudval_t)pmd_p - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base + _KERNPG_TABLE;
 	}
 	pmd = (physaddr & PMD_MASK) + early_pmd_flags;