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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:37:17 +0200
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Subject: Re: user malloc from kernel 
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In message <811112091.20030929172247@inbox.ru>, earthman writes:
>hi
>
>
>how to allocate some memory chunk
>in user space memory from kernel code?
>how to do it correctly?

You shouldn't and it would be very trick to do right if at all.

Try to tell us what you're trying to do and maybe we can find
a better way to do that ?

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