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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:56:55 +0800 From: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com> To: Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [RFC] mm: why we should clear page when do anonymous page fault handle_pte_fault() do_anonymous_page() alloc_zeroed_user_highpage_movable() We will alloc a zeroed page when do anonymous page fault, I don't know why should clear it? just for safe? If user space program do like the following, there are two memset 0, right? kernel alloc zeroed page, and user memset 0 it again, this will waste a lot of time. main() { ... vaddr = malloc(size) if (vaddr) memset(vaddr, 0, size); ... } Thanks, Xishi Qiu
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