linux-kernel - [KJ PATCH] Replacing memset(<addr>,0,PAGE_SIZE) with clear

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Date:	Tue, 08 May 2007 16:20:44 +0530
From:	Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@...ro.com>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: [KJ PATCH] Replacing memset(<addr>,0,PAGE_SIZE) with clear_page()
	in kernel/kexec.c

Hi,

Replacing memset(<addr>,0,PAGE_SIZE) with clear_page() in
kernel/kexec.c 

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

thanks.


diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 2a59c8a..1a1afdd 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ static int kimage_load_normal_segment(struct kimage *image,

                ptr = kmap(page);
                /* Start with a clear page */
-               memset(ptr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+               clear_page(ptr);
                ptr += maddr & ~PAGE_MASK;
                mchunk = PAGE_SIZE - (maddr & ~PAGE_MASK);
                if (mchunk > mbytes)






-- 
Shani 
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