linux-kernel - Re: [10/17] Variable Order Page Cache: Add clearing and flushing function

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:02:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>,
	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...il.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [10/17] Variable Order Page Cache: Add clearing and flushing
 function

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, clameter@....com wrote:

> +{									\
> +	memset(page_address(__page), (__offset), (__size));		\
> +	flush_mapping_page(__page);					\

This was borked. Dave does this patch make it work?

---
 include/linux/highmem.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.21-rc7/include/linux/highmem.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc7.orig/include/linux/highmem.h	2007-04-25 23:59:33.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc7/include/linux/highmem.h	2007-04-26 00:00:05.000000000 -0700
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static inline void clear_highpage(struct
  */
 #define memclear_highpage_flush(__page,__offset,__size) \
 {									\
-	memset(page_address(__page), (__offset), (__size));		\
+	memset(page_address(__page) + (__offset), 0, (__size));		\
 	flush_mapping_page(__page);					\
 }
 #else
-
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