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| -rw-r--r-- | Kconfig | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | common/dlmalloc.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -72,13 +72,31 @@ config SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN initial serial device and any others that are needed. menuconfig EXPERT - bool "Configure standard U-Boot features (expert users)" - help - This option allows certain base U-Boot options and settings - to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized - environments which can tolerate a "non-standard" U-Boot. - Only use this if you really know what you are doing. - + bool "Configure standard U-Boot features (expert users)" + default y + help + This option allows certain base U-Boot options and settings + to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized + environments which can tolerate a "non-standard" U-Boot. + Only use this if you really know what you are doing. + +if EXPERT + config SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT + bool "Init with zeros the memory reserved for malloc (slow)" + default y + help + This setting is enabled by default. The reserved malloc + memory is initialized with zeros, so first malloc calls + will return the pointer to the zeroed memory. But this + slows the boot time. + + It is recommended to disable it, when CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN + value, has more than few MiB, e.g. when uses bzip2 or bmp logo. + Then the boot time can be significantly reduced. + Warning: + When disabling this, please check if malloc calls, maybe + should be replaced by calloc - if expects zeroed memory. +endif endmenu # General setup menu "Boot images" diff --git a/common/dlmalloc.c b/common/dlmalloc.c index 6453ee9c25..b2ce063c5f 100644 --- a/common/dlmalloc.c +++ b/common/dlmalloc.c @@ -1535,9 +1535,9 @@ void mem_malloc_init(ulong start, ulong size) debug("using memory %#lx-%#lx for malloc()\n", mem_malloc_start, mem_malloc_end); - - memset((void *)mem_malloc_start, 0, size); - +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT + memset((void *)mem_malloc_start, 0x0, size); +#endif malloc_bin_reloc(); } @@ -2948,10 +2948,12 @@ Void_t* cALLOc(n, elem_size) size_t n; size_t elem_size; /* check if expand_top called, in which case don't need to clear */ +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT #if MORECORE_CLEARS mchunkptr oldtop = top; INTERNAL_SIZE_T oldtopsize = chunksize(top); #endif +#endif Void_t* mem = mALLOc (sz); if ((long)n < 0) return NULL; @@ -2977,6 +2979,7 @@ Void_t* cALLOc(n, elem_size) size_t n; size_t elem_size; csz = chunksize(p); +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT #if MORECORE_CLEARS if (p == oldtop && csz > oldtopsize) { @@ -2984,6 +2987,7 @@ Void_t* cALLOc(n, elem_size) size_t n; size_t elem_size; csz = oldtopsize; } #endif +#endif MALLOC_ZERO(mem, csz - SIZE_SZ); return mem; |
