[PATCH] x86: clean up pgd_{c,d}tor

[Jan Beulich]

Giving pgd_ctor() a properly typed parameter allows eliminating a local
variable. Adjust pgd_dtor() to match.

Also, pgd_ctor()'s clearing of the memory is redundant with the
GFP_ZERO used for allocating it.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c |    8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.26/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c	2008-07-13 23:51:29.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.26-x86-pgd-alloc-cleanup/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c	2008-06-25 14:35:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,14 +62,10 @@ static inline void pgd_list_del(pgd_t *p
 #define UNSHARED_PTRS_PER_PGD				\
 	(SHARED_KERNEL_PMD ? KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY : PTRS_PER_PGD)
 
-static void pgd_ctor(void *p)
+static void pgd_ctor(pgd_t *pgd)
 {
-	pgd_t *pgd = p;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* Clear usermode parts of PGD */
-	memset(pgd, 0, KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY*sizeof(pgd_t));
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pgd_lock, flags);
 
 	/* If the pgd points to a shared pagetable level (either the
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ static void pgd_ctor(void *p)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgd_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void pgd_dtor(void *pgd)
+static void pgd_dtor(pgd_t *pgd)
 {
 	unsigned long flags; /* can be called from interrupt context */
 



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