mm: zero hash tables in allocator
Add a new flag HASH_ZERO which when provided grantees that the hash table that is returned by alloc_large_system_hash() is zeroed. In most cases that is what is needed by the caller. Use page level allocator's __GFP_ZERO flags to zero the memory. It is using memset() which is efficient method to zero memory and is optimized for most platforms. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1488432825-92126-3-git-send-email-pasha.tatashin@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@oracle.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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