linux-kernel - [PATCH] xip: fix get_zeroed_page with __GFP

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Date:	Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:21:26 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xip: fix get_zeroed_page with __GFP_HIGHMEM

The use of get_zeroed_page() with __GFP_HIGHMEM is invalid.
Use alloc_page() with __GFP_ZERO instead of invalid get_zeroed_page().

(This patch is only compile tested)

Cc: Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

---
 mm/filemap_xip.c |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6-git/mm/filemap_xip.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-git.orig/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ 2.6-git/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ static struct page *__xip_sparse_page;
 static struct page *xip_sparse_page(void)
 {
 	if (!__xip_sparse_page) {
-		unsigned long zeroes = get_zeroed_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
-		if (zeroes) {
+		struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO);
+
+		if (page) {
 			static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xip_alloc_lock);
 			spin_lock(&xip_alloc_lock);
 			if (!__xip_sparse_page)
-				__xip_sparse_page = virt_to_page(zeroes);
+				__xip_sparse_page = page;
 			else
-				free_page(zeroes);
+				__free_page(page);
 			spin_unlock(&xip_alloc_lock);
 		}
 	}
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