linux-kernel - why does the macro "ZERO

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2007 07:17:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: why does the macro "ZERO_PAGE" take an argument?

  probably making a fool of myself here, but what is the purpose of
that single argument to the macro "ZERO_PAGE"?

$ grep -r "define ZERO_PAGE" include
include/asm-frv/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)      ({ BUG(); NULL; })
include/asm-frv/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)      virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)
include/asm-v850/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)     ((void *)0x87654321)
include/asm-mips/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) \
include/asm-blackfin/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(0))
include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page))
include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)    (virt_to_page(ZERO_PGE))
...

  AFAICT, there are no definitions of that macro that actually use
that argument.  is that some kind of historical cruft?

rday
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