On 7/20/07, rae l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/20/07, Dave Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > - if (page && zeroing && count < PAGE_SIZE) {
> > - void *mapaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER1);
> > - memset(mapaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
> > - kunmap_atomic(mapaddr, KM_USER1);
> > - }
> > + if (page && zeroing && count < PAGE_SIZE)
> > + zero_user_page(page, 0, PAGE_SIZE, KM_USER1);
> Why clear all page? IMHO,only count bytes need to be cleared.
The original one is memset(mapaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE), namely clear the whole page.
Yes, I have same suspicion with original code.
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Denis Cheng
Linux Application Developer
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- Ken Thompson.
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