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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index bb02e9f..b316ab7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <asm/udbg.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
#include <asm/epapr_hcalls.h>
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
#define DBG(fmt...)
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ notrace void __init machine_init(u64 dt_ptr)
/* Enable early debugging if any specified (see udbg.h) */
udbg_early_init();
+ patch_instruction((unsigned int *)&memcpy, PPC_INST_NOP);
+
/* Do some early initialization based on the flat device tree */
early_init_devtree(__va(dt_ptr));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
index 2ef50c6..da5847d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ _GLOBAL(memset)
* the destination area is cacheable.
* We only use this version if the source and dest don't overlap.
* -- paulus.
+ *
+ * During early init, cache might not be active yet, so dcbz cannot be used.
+ * We therefore jump to generic_memcpy which doesn't use dcbz. This jump is
+ * replaced by a nop once cache is active. This is done in machine_init()
*/
_GLOBAL(memmove)
cmplw 0,r3,r4
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ _GLOBAL(memmove)
/* fall through */
_GLOBAL(memcpy)
+ b generic_memcpy
add r7,r3,r5 /* test if the src & dst overlap */
add r8,r4,r5
cmplw 0,r4,r7