Re: still bug in csum_partial_copy() in Linux/AXP 2.0.7

Matthew Geier (matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au)
Sat, 20 Jul 1996 08:41:30 +1000 (AES)

> Ahh.. It's the "improved" csum that does an access beyond the end of the
> array when it does the final bytes when the destination is unaligned..
>
> (the one in 2.0.6 also had the same bug, but the one in 2.0.6 had so many
> other problems that this particular bug was overshadowed ;-)
>
> Do dumm.. I hate byte packing instructions. Does it work for you with
> the patch I append here?
>

This patch allows named to service zone transfer requests without
generating a kernel Opps.
Works for me....

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