Re: From last __GFP_ZERO changes

[Christoph Lameter]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Martin Hicks wrote:

>
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:43:58PM +0100, Marco Cipullo wrote:
> > From last __GFP_ZERO changes:
> >
> > --- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c	2005-01-06 03:27:45 -08:00
> > +++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c	2005-01-06 03:27:45 -08:00
> > @@ -135,12 +135,10 @@
> >  		goto no_bio;
> >
> >  	for (i = 0; i < PAGES_PER_PACKET; i++) {
> > -		pkt->pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		pkt->pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|| __GFP_ZERO);
> >
> > Is this OK?
> >
> > Or should be
> >
> >  	for (i = 0; i < PAGES_PER_PACKET; i++) {
> > -		pkt->pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		pkt->pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL| __GFP_ZERO);
>
> It definitely should be the latter.

Correct. Please submit the patch. I see a patch that fixes a pktcdvd.c
issue in Andrews tree so it was likely already fixed without me hearing of
it.
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