Re: replace "memset(...,0,PAGE_SIZE)" calls with "clear_page()"?

On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:59:32AM +0100, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> > > regarding alignment that don't allow clear_page() to be used
> > > copy_page() in the memcpy() case), but it's going to need a lot of
> 
> Maybe these optimalisations should be in the coding style docs?
> 
For what purpose? CodingStyle is not about documenting usage constraints
for every minor part of the kernel. If someone intends to use an API,
it's up to them to figure out the semantics for doing so. Let's not
confuse common sense with style.
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