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/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index cbb3358..1b49dab 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@
unsigned blocksize;
unsigned length;
struct page *page;
- void *kaddr;
BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page);
@@ -458,11 +457,7 @@
else
return PTR_ERR(page);
}
- kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- memset(kaddr + offset, 0, length);
- kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-
- flush_dcache_page(page);
+ zero_user_page(page, offset, length, KM_USER0);
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_truncate_page);