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35.Dd Jan 7, 1996
36.Dt COPY 9
37.Os NetBSD
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm copy ,
40.Nm copyin ,
41.Nm copyout ,
42.Nm copystr ,
43.Nm copyinstr ,
44.Nm copyoutstr
45.Nd kernel space to/from user space copy functions
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
48.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
49.Ft int
50.Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
51.Ft int
52.Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
53.Ft int
54.Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
55.Ft int
56.Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
57.Ft int
58.Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
63to another.  All but
64.Fn copystr
65copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
66.Pp
67The
68.Nm
69routines provide the following functionality:
70.Bl -tag -width "copyoutstr()"
71.It Fn copyin
72Copies
73.Fa len
74bytes of data from the user-space address
75.Fa uaddr
76to the kernel-space address
77.Fa kaddr .
78.It Fn copyout
79Copies
80.Fa len
81bytes of data from the kernel-space address
82.Fa kaddr
83to the user-space address
84.Fa uaddr .
85.It Fn copystr
86Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
87.Fa len
88bytes long, from kernel-space address
89.Fa kfaddr
90to kernel-space address
91.Fa kdaddr .
92The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
93NULL, is returned in
94.Fa *done .
95.It Fn copyinstr
96Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
97.Fa len
98bytes long, from user-space address
99.Fa uaddr
100to kernel-space address
101.Fa kaddr .
102The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
103NULL, is returned in
104.Fa *done .
105.It Fn copyoutstr
106Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
107bytes long, from kernel-space address
108.Fa kaddr
109to user-space address
110.Fa uaddr .
111The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
112NULL, is returned in
113.Fa *done .
114.El
115.Sh RETURN VALUES
116The
117.Nm
118functions return 0 on success or EFAULT if a bad address is encountered.
119In addition, the
120.Fn copystr ,
121.Fn copyinstr ,
122and
123.Fn copyoutstr
124funtions return ENAMETOOLONG if the string is longer than
125.Fa len
126bytes.
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr fetch 9 ,
129.Xr store 9 .
130