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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 09:09:31 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>,
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
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()"?
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:42:31 +0900 Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:59:32AM +0100, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> > > > 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?
> >
> For what purpose? CodingStyle is not about documenting usage constraints
> for every minor part of the kernel. If someone intends to use an API,
> it's up to them to figure out the semantics for doing so. Let's not
> confuse common sense with style.
> -
I agree, these aren't CodingStyle material. They could make sense
in some other doc, either MM/VM-related or more general.
I've often wanted a somewhat introductory doc about Linux environmental
assumptions (memory model, pointers/longs, data cleared to 0,
many other items that I don't have on my fingertips).
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~Randy
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