1 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/head.S b/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
index 00cd4708ef46..c5e363872b91 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
  */
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SH4A
+#define SYNCO()         synco
+
+#define PREFI(label, reg)       \
+        mov.l   label, reg;     \
+        prefi   @reg
+#else
+#define SYNCO()
+#define PREFI(label, reg)
+#endif
+
         .section        .empty_zero_page, "aw"
 ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
         .long   1               /* MOUNT_ROOT_RDONLY */
@@ -42,6 +53,17 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
         !                       Initialize global interrupt mask
         mov     #0, r0
         ldc     r0, r6_bank
+
+        /*
+         * Prefetch if possible to reduce cache miss penalty.
+         *
+         * We do this early on for SH-4A as a micro-optimization,
+         * as later on we will have speculative execution enabled
+         * and this will become less of an issue.
+         */
+        PREFI(5f, r0)
+        PREFI(6f, r0)
+
         !
         mov.l   2f, r0
         mov     r0, r15         ! Set initial r15 (stack pointer)
@@ -49,11 +71,7 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
         shll8   r1              ! r1 = 8192
         sub     r1, r0          !
         ldc     r0, r7_bank     ! ... and initial thread_info
-        !
-        !                       Additional CPU initialization
-        mov.l   6f, r0
-        jsr     @r0
-         nop
+
         !                       Clear BSS area
         mov.l   3f, r1
         add     #4, r1
@@ -62,6 +80,14 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
 9:      cmp/hs  r2, r1
         bf/s    9b              ! while (r1 < r2)
          mov.l  r0,@-r2
+
+        !                       Additional CPU initialization
+        mov.l   6f, r0
+        jsr     @r0
+         nop
+
+        SYNCO()                 ! Wait for pending instructions..
+
         !                       Start kernel
         mov.l   5f, r0
         jmp     @r0