Re: Verify Kernel Pointer

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Hi

On 4/20/06, Talib Alim <talibalm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A kernel virtual address is passed to my module. In order to avoid any
chances of a crash, how can I verify  this pointer is pointing to a mapped
memory location.

Need more information.  What sort of  address  ?  Where is it used  [like
interrupt context or process context ] ? How was the address allocated
etc.

Anand

Talib

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