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.TH "VERIFY_AREA" "9" "07 August 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
verify_area \- Obsolete, use access_ok
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
int verify_area  (int \fItype\fB, const void __user * \fIaddr\fB, unsigned long \fIsize\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fItype\fB\fR
Type of access: VERIFY_READ or VERIFY_WRITE
.TP
\fB\fIaddr\fB\fR
User space pointer to start of block to check
.TP
\fB\fIsize\fB\fR
Size of block to check
.SH "CONTEXT"
.PP
User context only.  This function may sleep.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function has been replaced by \fBaccess_ok\fR.
.PP
Checks if a pointer to a block of memory in user space is valid.
.PP
Returns zero if the memory block may be valid, -EFAULT
if it is definitely invalid.
.PP
See \fBaccess_ok\fR for more details.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
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version.
.PP
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See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
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.PP
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.PP
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.PP
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