[PATCH 2/3] score: Place object controls into .noinit sections

[Sebastian Huber]

On 15.07.22 04:03, Chris Johns wrote:
> On 14/7/2022 11:13 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> Place the statically allocated object control blocks, local tables, and thread
>> queue heads into the dedicated .noinit intput sections.  The output section is
>> not zero initialized.
> Does the data held in no-init rely on code having to initialise all fields? Is
> the saving because there is code that already does this?

Yes, we have a double initialization. These elements were allocated from 
the workspace before the static allocation. The workspace allocates 
uninitialized data. We still have this uninitialized data if unlimited 
objects are used.

> 
>> Placing these elements into the .noinit section reduces
>> the system initialization time by decreasing the .bss section size.
> How much data do you see that is being moved out of .bss to .noinit?

It depends on your application configuration. You have for example about 
700 bytes per task. I noticed this in an application which hit the 
watchdog due to an update to RTEMS 6 because of the longer boot time to 
the initialization task.

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