Name
verify_area —
Obsolete/deprecated and will go away soon,
Synopsis
int __deprecated verify_area ( | int | type, |
| const void __user * | addr, |
| unsigned long | size) ; |
Arguments
type
Type of access: VERIFY_READ
or VERIFY_WRITE
addr
User space pointer to start of block to check
size
Size of block to check
Description
This function has been replaced by access_ok
.
Checks if a pointer to a block of memory in user space is valid.
Returns zero if the memory block may be valid, -EFAULT
if it is definitely invalid.
See access_ok
for more details.
Context
User context only. This function may sleep.
Description
This function has been replaced by access_ok
.
Checks if a pointer to a block of memory in user space is valid.
Returns zero if the memory block may be valid, -EFAULT
if it is definitely invalid.
See access_ok
for more details.