March 11, 2014
3:35 p.m.
hi, I add a u64 field in struct page to record corresponding disk sector postion. I will change and read this field when dealing with page cache staff. I want it stays zero unless my code change its value. Will the kernel 's allocating code guarantee that the field is zero when the page is allocated? or Need I add some code to the allocating routine to explicitly fill the field with zero? Regard, Lingyu Zhu