fs: convert core functions to zero_user_page
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>
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index af6d727..18cdd8c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -243,17 +243,13 @@
transfer_result = lo_do_transfer(lo, WRITE, page, offset,
bvec->bv_page, bv_offs, size, IV);
if (unlikely(transfer_result)) {
- char *kaddr;
-
/*
* The transfer failed, but we still write the data to
* keep prepare/commit calls balanced.
*/
printk(KERN_ERR "loop: transfer error block %llu\n",
(unsigned long long)index);
- kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- memset(kaddr + offset, 0, size);
- kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+ zero_user_page(page, offset, size, KM_USER0);
}
flush_dcache_page(page);
ret = aops->commit_write(file, page, offset,