Re: replace "memset(...,0,PAGE_SIZE)" calls with "clear_page()"?

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:27:10AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

 > > both look good... I'd be in favor of this. Maybe also add a part
 > > about using GFP_KERNEL whenever possible, GFP_NOFS from filesystem
 > > writeout code and GFP_NOIO from block writeout code (and never doing
 > > in_interrupt()?GFP_ATOMIC:GFP_KERNEL !)
 > 
 > it strikes me that that latter part is starting to go beyond the scope
 > of simple coding style aesthetics and getting into actual coding
 > distinctions.  would that really be appropriate for the CodingStyle
 > doc?  i'm just asking.

Adding a separate 'good practices' doc wouldn't be a bad idea.

		Dave

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