Re: Does pci_alloc_consisent really need to zero memory?

Emmanuel Michon (emmanuel_michon@realmagic.fr)
30 May 2002 13:05:26 +0200


"David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes:

> I'd rather see a patch to DMA-mapping.txt that specifies the memory
> returned is zeroed out, as this is what every implementation appears
> to do.

What was the idea when writing the code that zeroes memory? It seems
so useless.

Sincerely yours,

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Emmanuel Michon
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