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$NetBSD: copy.9,v 1.2 1996/01/09 03:23:04 thorpej Exp $

Copyright (c) 1996 Jason R. Thorpe.
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This code is derived from software contributed by Kenneth Stailey.

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$FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/copy.9,v 1.6.2.5 2001/12/17 11:30:18 ru Exp $

.Dd October 2, 2008 .Dt COPY 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm copy , .Nm copyin , .Nm copyinstr , .Nm copyout , .Nm copystr .Nd kernel copy functions .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n sys/systm.h .Ft int .Fo copyin .Fa "const void *uaddr" .Fa "void *kaddr" .Fa "size_t len" .Fc .Ft int .Fo copyinstr .Fa "const void *uaddr" .Fa "void *kaddr" .Fa "size_t len" .Fa "size_t *done" .Fc .Ft int .Fo copyout .Fa "const void *kaddr" .Fa "void *uaddr" .Fa "size_t len" .Fc .Ft int
.Fn copyoutstr
.Fa "const void *kaddr"
.Fa "void *uaddr"
.Fa "size_t len"
.Fa "size_t *done"
.Fc
.Ft int .Fo copystr .Fa "const void *kfaddr" .Fa "void *kdaddr" .Fa "size_t len" .Fa "size_t *done" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address to another. All but .Fn copystr copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.

p The .Nm routines provide the following functionality: l -tag -width "copyoutstr()" ========
t Fn copyin Copies

a len bytes of data from the user-space address

a uaddr to the kernel-space address

a kaddr . ========
t Fn copyinstr Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most

a len bytes long, from user-space address

a uaddr to kernel-space address

a kaddr . The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in

a *done . ========
t Fn copyout Copies

a len bytes of data from the kernel-space address

a kaddr to the user-space address

a uaddr . ========
.It Fn copyoutstr
Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
bytes long, from kernel-space address
.Pa kaddr
to user-space address
.Pa uaddr .
The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
NUL, is returned in
.Pa *done .
========
t Fn copystr Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most

a len bytes long, from kernel-space address

a kfaddr to kernel-space address

a kdaddr . The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in

a *done . .El .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Nm functions return 0 on success or the following error on failure: ========
l -tag -width Er t Bq EFAULT If a bad address is encountered. When this error is returned, the contents of the destination buffer ( .Fa *kaddr for .Fn copyin , .Fn copyinstr , and .Fn copystr ; .Fa *uaddr for .Fn copyout ) are undefined. For .Fn copyinstr and .Fn copystr , the contents of the .Fa *done parameter are also undefined on a return of EFAULT. .El

p In addition to EFAULT, .Fn copystr ,
.Fn copyinstr ,
and
.Fn copyoutstr
.Fn copystr and .Fn copyinstr on failure will return: ========
l -tag -width Er t Bq ENAMETOLONG When the string is longer than

a len bytes. On this error return, the destination buffer is not null-terminated, but the .Fa *done parameter is maintained. .EL .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fetch 9 , .Xr store 9