fs: convert core functions to zero_user_page

It's very common for file systems to need to zero part or all of a page,
the simplist way is just to use kmap_atomic() and memset().  There's
actually a library function in include/linux/highmem.h that does exactly
that, but it's confusingly named memclear_highpage_flush(), which is
descriptive of *how* it does the work rather than what the *purpose* is.
So this patchset renames the function to zero_user_page(), and calls it
from the various places that currently open code it.

This first patch introduces the new function call, and converts all the
core kernel callsites, both the open-coded ones and the old
memclear_highpage_flush() ones.  Following this patch is a series of
conversions for each file system individually, per AKPM, and finally a
patch deprecating the old call.  The diffstat below shows the entire
patchset.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix a few things]
Signed-off-by: Nate Diller <nate.diller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index af6d7274a7cc..18cdd8c77626 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -243,17 +243,13 @@ static int do_lo_send_aops(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio_vec *bvec,
                 transfer_result = lo_do_transfer(lo, WRITE, page, offset,
                                 bvec->bv_page, bv_offs, size, IV);
                 if (unlikely(transfer_result)) {
-                        char *kaddr;
-
                         /*
                          * The transfer failed, but we still write the data to
                          * keep prepare/commit calls balanced.
                          */
                         printk(KERN_ERR "loop: transfer error block %llu\n",
                                (unsigned long long)index);
-                        kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-                        memset(kaddr + offset, 0, size);
-                        kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+                        zero_user_page(page, offset, size, KM_USER0);
                 }
                 flush_dcache_page(page);
                 ret = aops->commit_write(file, page, offset,