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SubjectRe: why does the macro "ZERO_PAGE" take an argument?
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> probably making a fool of myself here, but what is the purpose of
> that single argument to the macro "ZERO_PAGE"?
>
> $ grep -r "define ZERO_PAGE" include
> include/asm-frv/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) ({ BUG(); NULL; })
> include/asm-frv/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)
> include/asm-v850/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) ((void *)0x87654321)
> include/asm-mips/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) \
> include/asm-blackfin/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(0))
> include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page))
> include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h:#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(ZERO_PGE))
> ...
>
> AFAICT, there are no definitions of that macro that actually use
> that argument. is that some kind of historical cruft?

MIPS?

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