Re: Verify Kernel Pointer

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 03:33 +0000, Talib Alim wrote:
> A kernel virtual address is passed to my module.

that sounds like a design bug (if the "passed to" is from userspace)
>  In order to avoid any 
> chances of a crash, how can I verify  this pointer is pointing to a mapped 
> memory location.

given your design bug, I would suggest you post the URL to your code so
that we can help you fix your design instead...

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