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xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests

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ELF spec is unclear about whether .bss must me cleared by the loader.
Currently the domain builder does it when loading the guest but because
it is not (or rather may not be) guaranteed we should zero it out
explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
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Boris Ostrovsky 2016-02-26 14:02:36 -05:00 committed by David Vrabel
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commit 04b6b4a568
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arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
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@ -38,6 +38,15 @@
__INIT
ENTRY(startup_xen)
cld
/* Clear .bss */
xor %eax,%eax
mov $__bss_start, %_ASM_DI
mov $__bss_stop, %_ASM_CX
sub %_ASM_DI, %_ASM_CX
shr $__ASM_SEL(2, 3), %_ASM_CX
rep __ASM_SIZE(stos)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
mov %esi,xen_start_info
mov $init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE,%esp