Re: Prezeroing V3 [2/4]: Extension of clear_page to take an orderparameter

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Jan 06 2005 - 08:55:26 EST


Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Here is an updated version that is independent of the first patch and
> contains all the necessary modifications to make clear_page take a second
> parameter.

I still think the clear_page order addition is completely pointless,
because for > order 0 you probably want a cache bypassing store
in a separate function.

Removing it would also make the patch much less intrusive.

-Andi
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