[LV-kern-commit] CVS: kernel-2.4/mm vmalloc.c,1.1.1.2,1.2

[Dave A. <ai...@us...>]

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
===================================================================
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++;