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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
index 43474d8752a..82f4b06bf6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
@@ -189,7 +189,16 @@ static void __flush_dcache_aliases(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *p
*/
void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
{
- struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+ struct address_space *mapping;
+
+ /*
+ * The zero page is never written to, so never has any dirty
+ * cache lines, and therefore never needs to be flushed.
+ */
+ if (page == ZERO_PAGE(0))
+ return;
+
+ mapping = page_mapping(page);
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
if (!PageHighMem(page) && mapping && !mapping_mapped(mapping))