Update of /cvsroot/linux-vax/kernel-2.4/mm
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv17037/mm
Modified Files:
vmalloc.c
Log Message:
DA: uggh.. change to non-arch code.. this is needed due to a non-blank page
being put into S0 space to store PTEs for Px space, and the garbage looking
valid to the processor
Index: vmalloc.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/linux-vax/kernel-2.4/mm/vmalloc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.2 -r1.2
--- vmalloc.c 2001/02/25 23:14:48 1.1.1.2
+++ vmalloc.c 2001/06/16 13:12:42 1.2
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@
page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;
+
+ /* FIXME: following line added for the Linux/VAX port, the page
+ need to be empty, as random garbage can look like
+ real ptes to the processor - DA June 2001 */
+ clear_page(page_address(page));
+
set_pte(pte, mk_pte(page, prot));
address += PAGE_SIZE;
pte++;
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