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Date:	Tue,  7 Jul 2015 13:20:12 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 26/42] x86: remove not needed clear_page calling

remove not needed clear_page for init_level4_page in x86_64_start_kernel(),
as it is with fill 512,8,0 already in head_64.S

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 44dc63b..a9f0299 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 	 */
 	load_ucode_bsp();
 
-	clear_page(init_level4_pgt);
 	/* set init_level4_pgt kernel high mapping*/
 	init_level4_pgt[511] = early_level4_pgt[511];
 
-- 
1.8.4.5

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