int verify_area (int type, const void __user * addr, unsigned long size);
User context only. This function may sleep.
This function has been replaced by access_ok.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.
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