Re: [PATCH] fs/fuse/dev.c: use zero_user_page instead

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On 7/20/07, rae l <[email protected]> wrote:
On 7/20/07, Dave Young <[email protected]> wrote:
> > -       if (page && zeroing && count < PAGE_SIZE) {
> > -               void *mapaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER1);
> > -               memset(mapaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
> > -               kunmap_atomic(mapaddr, KM_USER1);
> > -       }
> > +       if (page && zeroing && count < PAGE_SIZE)
> > +               zero_user_page(page, 0, PAGE_SIZE, KM_USER1);
> Why clear all page? IMHO,only count bytes need to be cleared.
The original one is memset(mapaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE), namely clear the whole page.
Yes, I have same suspicion with original code.

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