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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Subject: Re: Extend clear_page by an order parameter
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Christoph Lameter writes:

> clear_page clears one page of the specified order.

Now you're really being confusing.  A cluster of 2^n contiguous pages
isn't one page by any normal definition.  Call it "clear_page_cluster"
or "clear_page_order" or something, but not "clear_page".

Paul.