Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:52:05 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: clean up pgd_{c,d}tor |
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Jan Beulich wrote: > Giving pgd_ctor() a properly typed parameter allows eliminating a local > variable. Adjust pgd_dtor() to match. > > Also, pgd_ctor()'s clearing of the memory is redundant with the > GFP_ZERO used for allocating it. >
Ack to the parameter type change. But there's already a patch in git to remove the redundant clear.
J
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> > > --- > arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 8 ++------ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > --- linux-2.6.26/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c 2008-07-13 23:51:29.000000000 +0200 > +++ 2.6.26-x86-pgd-alloc-cleanup/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c 2008-06-25 14:35:40.000000000 +0200 > @@ -62,14 +62,10 @@ static inline void pgd_list_del(pgd_t *p > #define UNSHARED_PTRS_PER_PGD \ > (SHARED_KERNEL_PMD ? KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY : PTRS_PER_PGD) > > -static void pgd_ctor(void *p) > +static void pgd_ctor(pgd_t *pgd) > { > - pgd_t *pgd = p; > unsigned long flags; > > - /* Clear usermode parts of PGD */ > - memset(pgd, 0, KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY*sizeof(pgd_t)); > - > spin_lock_irqsave(&pgd_lock, flags); > > /* If the pgd points to a shared pagetable level (either the > @@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ static void pgd_ctor(void *p) > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgd_lock, flags); > } > > -static void pgd_dtor(void *pgd) > +static void pgd_dtor(pgd_t *pgd) > { > unsigned long flags; /* can be called from interrupt context */ > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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