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fs: convert core functions to zero_user_page

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It's very common for file systems to need to zero part or all of a page,
the simplist way is just to use kmap_atomic() and memset().  There's
actually a library function in include/linux/highmem.h that does exactly
that, but it's confusingly named memclear_highpage_flush(), which is
descriptive of *how* it does the work rather than what the *purpose* is.
So this patchset renames the function to zero_user_page(), and calls it
from the various places that currently open code it.

This first patch introduces the new function call, and converts all the
core kernel callsites, both the open-coded ones and the old
memclear_highpage_flush() ones.  Following this patch is a series of
conversions for each file system individually, per AKPM, and finally a
patch deprecating the old call.  The diffstat below shows the entire
patchset.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix a few things]
Signed-off-by: Nate Diller <nate.diller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Nate Diller
2007-05-09 02:35:07 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 38a23e311b
commit 01f2705daf
7 changed files with 42 additions and 81 deletions
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fs/direct-io.c
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@@ -867,7 +867,6 @@ static int do_direct_IO(struct dio *dio)
do_holes:
/* Handle holes */
if (!buffer_mapped(map_bh)) {
char *kaddr;
loff_t i_size_aligned;
/* AKPM: eargh, -ENOTBLK is a hack */
@@ -888,11 +887,8 @@ do_holes:
page_cache_release(page);
goto out;
}
kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
memset(kaddr + (block_in_page << blkbits),
0, 1 << blkbits);
flush_dcache_page(page);
kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
zero_user_page(page, block_in_page << blkbits,
1 << blkbits, KM_USER0);
dio->block_in_file++;
block_in_page++;
goto next_block;