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

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Message-ID: <4781E9DE.6070308@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:59:10 +0100
From:	Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xip: fix get_zeroed_page with __GFP_HIGHMEM

Akinobu Mita wrote:
> The use of get_zeroed_page() with __GFP_HIGHMEM is invalid.
> Use alloc_page() with __GFP_ZERO instead of invalid get_zeroed_page().
*Ouch*

Acked-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>
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