Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH] pc-bios/s390-ccw: Do not pre-initialize empty array

[Thomas Huth]

On 28/08/2019 15.48, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> 
> 
> On 28.08.19 15:47, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:42:37 +0200
>> Thomas Huth <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> On 28/08/2019 15.27, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>>>> On 28.08.19 14:33, Thomas Huth wrote:  
>>>>> We're clearing the BSS in start.S now, so there is no need to
>>>>> pre-initialize the loadparm_str array with zeroes anymore.  
>>>>
>>>> Can you add a link to the commit that does the bss clearing?  
>>>
>>> Sure, I'll change the description to:
>>>
>>> "
>>> Since commit 339686a358b11a231aa5b6d1424e7a1460d7f277 ("pc-bios/s390-ccw:
>>> zero out bss section"), we are clearing now the BSS in start.S, so there
>>> is no need to pre-initialize the loadparm_str array with zeroes anymore.
>>> "
> 
>>>
>>>  Thomas
>>
>> With that:
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
> 
> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
> 
> Thomas are you going to pick this up or shall I do it?

I don't mind either way. Not sure whether this patch justifies a bios
rebuild, so I'd rather wait for some more time for other bios patches to
show up. But if you want to pick it up (together with the "fix a
possible memory leak in get_uuid" patch that is still pending), please
go ahead.

 Thomas