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Diffstat (limited to 'newlib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/crt0.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/crt0.c b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/crt0.c index 84ea0435b..4364f61d4 100644 --- a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/crt0.c +++ b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/machine/i386/crt0.c @@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ void _start(int args) environ = argv+argc+1; - /* clear bss */ - memset(&__bss_start,0,(&_end - &__bss_start)); + /* Note: do not clear the .bss section. When running with shared + * libraries, certain data items such __mb_cur_max or environ + * may get placed in the .bss, even though they are initialized + * to non-zero values. Clearing the .bss will end up zeroing + * out their initial values. The .bss is already initialized + * by this time by Linux. */ tzset(); /* initialize timezone info */ exit(main(argc,argv,environ)); |