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    fs: convert core functions to zero_user_page · 01f2705d
    Nate Diller authored
    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: default avatarNate Diller <nate.diller@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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