[PATCH v2 2/4] mm: rename my_zero_pfn() to zero_pfn()
Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
chleroy at kernel.org
Mon Feb 9 07:08:32 PST 2026
Le 09/02/2026 à 15:40, Mike Rapoport a écrit :
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt at kernel.org>
>
> my_zero_pfn() is a silly name.
>
> Rename zero_pfn variable to zero_page_pfn and my_zero_pfn() function to
> zero_pfn().
>
> While on it, move extern declarations of zero_page_pfn outside the
> functions that use it and add a comment about what ZERO_PAGE is.
I guess the idea of the extern declaration being inside its only
external users was to ensure nobody would start using it directly, hence
bypassing the overloadable helpers.
Should we at least call the variable __zero_page_pfn instead in order to
warn people that using it directly requires care ?
Christophe
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