Re: Fix memory leak in swsusp

[Nigel Cunningham]

Hi.

Herbert Xu wrote:

[...]

> +			pm_pagedir_nosave =
> +				memcpy(m, old_pagedir,
> +				       PAGE_SIZE << pagedir_order);

[...]

> +		pagedir_nosave =
> +			memcpy(m, old_pagedir, PAGE_SIZE << pagedir_order);
>  	}
>  
>  	c = eaten_memory;

We were avoiding the use of memcpy because it messes up the preempt count with 3DNow, and 
potentially as other unseen side effects. The preempt could possibly simply be reset at resume time, 
but the point remains.

Regards,

Nigel
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