From 67ede4c57a1a2e8e1964bb709e443b85d78fcab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:20:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] memdisk: align .bss to a 16-byte boundary for better zeroing
 perf

Some CPUs really want a reasonable alignment for a rep;stosl, so give
it to them...
---
 memdisk/memdisk.ld | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/memdisk/memdisk.ld b/memdisk/memdisk.ld
index 10d8a92..5b833c2 100644
--- a/memdisk/memdisk.ld
+++ b/memdisk/memdisk.ld
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .data1          : { *(.data1) }
   _edata = .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
+  . = ALIGN(16);
   .bss            :
   {
    __bss_start = .;
@@ -83,10 +84,9 @@ SECTIONS
    /* Align here to ensure that the .bss section occupies space up to
       _end.  Align after .bss to ensure correct alignment even if the
       .bss section disappears because there are no input sections.  */
-   . = ALIGN(32 / 8);
+   . = ALIGN(4);
    __bss_end = .;
   }
-  . = ALIGN(32 / 8);
   _end = .;
   PROVIDE (end = .);
 
-- 
2.7.4