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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c17
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
index 70a897b1e458..b9c2f81fb6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ static void *rvmalloc(unsigned long size)
if (!mem)
return NULL;
- memset(mem, 0, size); /* Clear the ram out, no junk to the user */
+ /*
+ * VFB must clear memory to prevent kernel info
+ * leakage into userspace
+ * VGA-based drivers MUST NOT clear memory if
+ * they want to be able to take over vgacon
+ */
+
+ memset(mem, 0, size);
adr = (unsigned long) mem;
while (size > 0) {
SetPageReserved(vmalloc_to_page((void *)adr));
@@ -490,14 +497,6 @@ static int vfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
if (!(videomemory = rvmalloc(videomemorysize)))
return retval;
- /*
- * VFB must clear memory to prevent kernel info
- * leakage into userspace
- * VGA-based drivers MUST NOT clear memory if
- * they want to be able to take over vgacon
- */
- memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize);
-
info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(u32) * 256, &dev->dev);
if (!info)
goto err;