diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
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+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
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+/*
+ * 'kernel.h' contains some often-used function prototypes etc
+ */
+void verify_area(void * addr,int count);
+volatile void panic(const char * str);
+int printf(const char * fmt, ...);
+int printk(const char * fmt, ...);
+int tty_write(unsigned ch,char * buf,int count);
+void * malloc(unsigned int size);
+void free_s(void * obj, int size);
+
+#define free(x) free_s((x), 0)
+
+/*
+ * This is defined as a macro, but at some point this might become a
+ * real subroutine that sets a flag if it returns true (to do
+ * BSD-style accounting where the process is flagged if it uses root
+ * privs).  The implication of this is that you should do normal
+ * permissions checks first, and check suser() last.
+ */
+#define suser() (current->euid == 0)
+