linux-kernel - Re: replace "memset(...,0,PAGE_SIZE)" calls with "clear

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jan 2007 02:59:32 +0100
From:	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: replace "memset(...,0,PAGE_SIZE)" calls with "clear_page()"?

> > regarding alignment that don't allow clear_page() to be used
> > copy_page() in the memcpy() case), but it's going to need a lot of

Maybe these optimalisations should be in the coding style docs?


Folkert van Heusden

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