alloc_block_buf() can either use external allocator by calling vmemmap_alloc_block() or when available use pre-allocated vmemmap_buf to do allocation. In either case, alloc_block_buf() knows when to zero memory based on the "zero" argument. This is why it is not needed to zero vmemmap_buf beforehand. Let clients of alloc_block_buf() to decide whether that is needed. Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c index 5d255b0..1e9508b 100644 --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void __init sparse_mem_maps_populate_node(struct page **map_map, size = ALIGN(size, PMD_SIZE); vmemmap_buf_start = __earlyonly_bootmem_alloc(nodeid, size - * map_count, PMD_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), true); + * map_count, PMD_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), false); if (vmemmap_buf_start) { vmemmap_buf = vmemmap_buf_start; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html