[PATCH] ppc: Export empty_zero_page

Theodore Tso tytso at MIT.EDU
Wed Mar 26 09:49:23 EST 2008


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:26:57AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> However, have you made any progress on Christoph's suggestion:
>
> "The real fix is that ext4 shouldn't be using ZERO_PAGE().  Please use
> the same zeroing helpers all the other filesystems and drivers use."

When Aneesh asked for clarification about Christoph's suggestion, he
got the following response (see attached).

						- Ted

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