Index: trunk/psLib/src/imageops/psImageConvolve.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/imageops/psImageConvolve.c	(revision 4815)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/imageops/psImageConvolve.c	(revision 4898)
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  *  @author Robert DeSonia, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.23 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2005-08-18 21:44:40 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.24 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2005-08-30 01:14:13 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -86,4 +86,11 @@
     }
 }
+
+
+bool psMemCheckKernel(psPtr ptr)
+{
+    return ( psMemGetDeallocator(ptr) == (psFreeFunc)freeKernel );
+}
+
 
 psKernel* psKernelGenerate(const psVector* tShifts,
Index: trunk/psLib/src/imageops/psImageConvolve.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/imageops/psImageConvolve.h	(revision 4815)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/imageops/psImageConvolve.h	(revision 4898)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
  *  @author Robert DeSonia, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.10 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2005-08-18 21:44:40 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.11 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2005-08-30 01:14:13 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -77,4 +77,15 @@
 );
 
+/** Checks the type of a particular pointer.
+ *
+ *  Uses the appropriate deallocation function in psMemBlock to check the ptr datatype.
+ *
+ *  @return bool:       True if the pointer matches a psKernel structure, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool psMemCheckKernel(
+    psPtr ptr                          ///< the pointer whose type to check
+);
+
+
 /** Generates a kernel given a list of shift values
  *