6 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/kernel/arch/amd64/pagedir.c b/src/kernel/arch/amd64/pagedir.c
index 75c9746..f0e45d5 100644
--- a/src/kernel/arch/amd64/pagedir.c
+++ b/src/kernel/arch/amd64/pagedir.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ static __user void *addr_canonize(const __user void *addr) {
 
 
 struct pagedir *pagedir_new(void) {
-	struct pagedir *dir = page_alloc(1);
-	memset(dir, 0, sizeof *dir);
-	return dir;
+	return page_zalloc(1);
 }
 
 void pagedir_free(struct pagedir *dir) {
diff --git a/src/kernel/arch/generic.h b/src/kernel/arch/generic.h
index b213962..0cf4d50 100644
--- a/src/kernel/arch/generic.h
+++ b/src/kernel/arch/generic.h
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
-
 #include <camellia/types.h>
 #include <kernel/arch/amd64/registers.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
-
 struct process;
 
 // i have no idea where else to put it
diff --git a/src/kernel/handle.c b/src/kernel/handle.c
index 3e31a12..d95962c 100644
--- a/src/kernel/handle.c
+++ b/src/kernel/handle.c
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 #include <shared/mem.h>
 
 struct handle *handle_init(enum handle_type type) {
-	struct handle *h = kmalloc(sizeof *h);
-	memset(h, 0, sizeof *h);
+	struct handle *h = kzalloc(sizeof *h);
 	h->type = type;
 	h->refcount = 1;
 	return h;
diff --git a/src/kernel/mem/alloc.h b/src/kernel/mem/alloc.h
index fa2798a..671a468 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mem/alloc.h
+++ b/src/kernel/mem/alloc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <kernel/arch/generic.h>
+#include <shared/mem.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 extern struct malloc_hdr *malloc_last;
@@ -20,3 +21,9 @@ void page_free(void *first, size_t pages);
 void kmalloc_sanity(const void *addr);
 void *kmalloc(size_t len);
 void kfree(void *ptr);
+
+static inline void *kzalloc(size_t len) {
+	void *b = kmalloc(len);
+	memset(b, 0, len);
+	return b;
+}
diff --git a/src/kernel/proc.c b/src/kernel/proc.c
index a9ad37a..77c861c 100644
--- a/src/kernel/proc.c
+++ b/src/kernel/proc.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ static _Noreturn void process_switch(struct process *proc);
 
 struct process *process_seed(void *data, size_t datalen) {
 	assert(!process_first);
-	process_first = kmalloc(sizeof *process_first);
-	memset(process_first, 0, sizeof *process_first);
+	process_first = kzalloc(sizeof *process_first);
 	process_first->state = PS_RUNNING;
 	process_first->pages = pagedir_new();
 	process_first->mount = vfs_mount_seed();
@@ -48,8 +47,7 @@ struct process *process_seed(void *data, size_t datalen) {
 }
 
 struct process *process_fork(struct process *parent, int flags) {
-	struct process *child = kmalloc(sizeof *child);
-	memset(child, 0, sizeof *child);
+	struct process *child = kzalloc(sizeof *child);
 
 	if (flags & FORK_SHAREMEM) {
 		if (!parent->pages_refcount) {
diff --git a/src/kernel/syscalls.c b/src/kernel/syscalls.c
index 5f380b6..d6b23d0 100644
--- a/src/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/src/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ void __user *_syscall_memflag(void __user *addr, size_t len, int flags) {
 
 		phys = pagedir_virt2phys(pages, iter, false, false);
 		if (!phys) {
-			phys = page_alloc(1);
-			memset(phys, 0, PAGE_SIZE); // TODO somehow test this
+			// TODO test zeroing of user pages
+			phys = page_zalloc(1);
 			pagedir_map(pages, iter, phys, true, true);
 		}
 	}