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Subject: Re: How can I verify a memory address exist?
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Rusty Lynch wrote:
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> Is there a kernel function to find out if a given memory address exist?
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>     -rustyl

Here is a related question.  Is there a way to verify that
an address is a valid slab sub space address?  I.e. that it
was allocated by slab for a particular usage and is still
valid (i.e. has not been returned). 
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George Anzinger   george@mvista.com
High-res-timers: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/
Preemption patch:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml
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