diff -urNp ref/mm/slab.c 2.4.20pre5aa2/mm/slab.c
--- ref/mm/slab.c	Thu Aug 29 02:13:21 2002
+++ 2.4.20pre5aa2/mm/slab.c	Thu Sep  5 22:35:26 2002
@@ -1947,8 +1947,14 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, vo
 	name = cachep->name; 
 	{
 	char tmp; 
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
+
 	if (__get_user(tmp, name)) 
 		name = "broken"; 
+	set_fs(old_fs);
 	}       
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%-17s %6lu %6lu %6u %4lu %4lu %4u",