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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: Rusty Lynch <rusty@linux.co.intel.com>
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5.47]Add exported valid_kernel_address()
Date: 13 Nov 2002 21:46:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1037220406.2889.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200211132013.gADKDhS01389@linux.intel.com>

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On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 21:13, Rusty Lynch wrote:
> The following is a small patch to the 2.5.47 kernel that adds an exported
> function called valid_kernel_address() that allows kernel code to verify
> a kernel-mapped address is valid.
> 
> valid_kernel_address just calls the static inline kernel_text_address()
> function defined in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 
> 
it is customary that people who ask for an export explain why they need
it.... would you mind explaining that ?


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  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-13 20:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-13 20:13 [PATCH][2.5.47]Add exported valid_kernel_address() Rusty Lynch
2002-11-13 20:46 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
     [not found] <200211132013.gADKDhS01389@linux.intel.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found] ` <1037220406.2889.4.camel@localhost.localdomain.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-11-13 21:14   ` Andi Kleen
2002-11-13 21:24     ` Rusty Lynch
2002-11-13 22:30       ` Rusty Lynch

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