[patch] highmem-2.3.27-A0

Ingo Molnar (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:07:05 +0100 (CET)

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attached patch against 2.3.27 fixes an oversight, only affects highmem
boxes. Result of the bug is rare (strictly non-metadata) data corruption
and potential crashes in kunmap_atomic().

-- mingo

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