access_ok9
Checks if a user space pointer is valid
Usage
access_ok(type, addr, size);
Arguments
type
Type of access: VERIFY_READ or VERIFY_WRITE. Note that VERIFY_WRITE is a superset of VERIFY_READ - if it is safe to write to a block, it is always safe to read from it.
addr
User space pointer to start of block to check
size
Size of block to check
Context
User context only. This function may sleep.
Overview
Checks if a pointer to a block of memory in user space is valid.
Returns true (nonzero) if the memory block may be valid, false (zero) if it is definitely invalid.
Note that, depending on architecture, this function probably just checks that the pointer is in the user space range - after calling this function, memory access functions may still return -EFAULT.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.