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Subject: [KJ PATCH] Replacing memset(<addr>,0,PAGE_SIZE) with clear_page()
	in mm/memory.c
From: Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@wipro.com>
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Hi,

Replacing memset(<addr>,0,PAGE_SIZE) with clear_page() in mm/memory.c.

Signed-off-by: Shani Moideen <shani.moideen@wipro.com>
----

thanks.


diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e7066e7..2780d07 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static inline void cow_user_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src, unsigned lo
                 * zeroes.
                 */
                if (__copy_from_user_inatomic(kaddr, uaddr, PAGE_SIZE))
-                       memset(kaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+                       clear_page(kaddr);
                kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
                flush_dcache_page(dst);
                return;


-- 
Shani 
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