Re: [PATCH 2.4] the perils of kunmap_atomic

[Jeff Garzik]

Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> DEBUG_HIGHMEM under 2.4). It would be good if any patch produced a
> warning if you call kunmap_atomic with the wrong kind of parameter.


Well, the compiler has a rather difficult time with that, since any 
kernel address is going to be void*, which C will nicely cast struct 
page* into.

	Jeff


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