linux-kernel - [KJ PATCH] Replacing memcpy(dest,src,PAGE_SIZE) with copy_page(dest,src) in arch/i386/kernel/machine

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:15:41 +0530
From:	Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@...ro.com>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: [KJ PATCH] Replacing memcpy(dest,src,PAGE_SIZE) with
	copy_page(dest,src) in arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c

Hi,
Replacing memcpy(dest,src,PAGE_SIZE) with copy_page(dest,src) in arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c.

Signed-off-by: Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@...ro.com>
----

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 91966ba..ce79a44 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 	local_irq_disable();
 
 	control_page = page_address(image->control_code_page);
-	memcpy(control_page, relocate_kernel, PAGE_SIZE);
+	copy_page(control_page, relocate_kernel);
 
 	page_list[PA_CONTROL_PAGE] = __pa(control_page);
 	page_list[VA_CONTROL_PAGE] = (unsigned long)relocate_kernel;

-- 
Shani 
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