[PATCH 5/8] cleanup careful_allocation(): consolidate memset()
Dave Hansen
dave at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Dec 10 05:21:36 EST 2008
Both users of careful_allocation() immediately memset() the
result. So, just do it in one place.
Also give careful_allocation() a 'z' prefix to bring it in
line with kzmalloc() and friends.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
linux-2.6.git-dave/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c~cleanup-careful_allocation2 arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
--- linux-2.6.git/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c~cleanup-careful_allocation2 2008-12-09 10:16:06.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.git-dave/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c 2008-12-09 10:16:06.000000000 -0800
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static void __init dump_numa_memory_topo
*
* Returns the virtual address of the memory.
*/
-static void __init *careful_allocation(int nid, unsigned long size,
+static void __init *careful_zallocation(int nid, unsigned long size,
unsigned long align,
unsigned long end_pfn)
{
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ static void __init *careful_allocation(i
dbg("alloc_bootmem %p %lx\n", ret, size);
}
+ memset(ret, 0, size);
return ret;
}
@@ -970,10 +971,9 @@ void __init do_init_bootmem(void)
* previous nodes' bootmem to be initialized and have
* all reserved areas marked.
*/
- NODE_DATA(nid) = careful_allocation(nid,
+ NODE_DATA(nid) = careful_zallocation(nid,
sizeof(struct pglist_data),
SMP_CACHE_BYTES, end_pfn);
- memset(NODE_DATA(nid), 0, sizeof(struct pglist_data));
dbg("node %d\n", nid);
dbg("NODE_DATA() = %p\n", NODE_DATA(nid));
@@ -989,10 +989,9 @@ void __init do_init_bootmem(void)
dbg("end_paddr = %lx\n", end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
bootmap_pages = bootmem_bootmap_pages(end_pfn - start_pfn);
- bootmem_vaddr = careful_allocation(nid,
+ bootmem_vaddr = careful_zallocation(nid,
bootmap_pages << PAGE_SHIFT,
PAGE_SIZE, end_pfn);
- memset(bootmem_vaddr, 0, bootmap_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
dbg("bootmap_vaddr = %p\n", bootmem_vaddr);
@@ -1003,7 +1002,7 @@ void __init do_init_bootmem(void)
free_bootmem_with_active_regions(nid, end_pfn);
/*
* Be very careful about moving this around. Future
- * calls to careful_allocation() depend on this getting
+ * calls to careful_zallocation() depend on this getting
* done correctly.
*/
mark_reserved_regions_for_nid(nid);
_
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