Why can't we use the user-space pointer in kernel mode?

["cheng long" <kevinclcn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, all

Since the progress in kernel mode can access the whole address space,
why we must copy the user-space data into kernel space?
Why  can't we dereference the user-space pointer directly?

Thanks,
Regards,
Cheng

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