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35.Dd February 22, 1998
36.Dt COPY 9
37.Os
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 \*[Lt]sys/types.h\*[Gt]
48.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/systm.h\*[Gt]
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 NUL-terminated string, at most
87.Fa len
88bytes long, from kernel-space address
89.Fa kfaddr
90to kernel-space address
91.Fa kdaddr .
92If the
93.Fa done
94argument is non-NULL,
95the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
96NUL, is returned in
97.Fa *done .
98.It Fn copyinstr
99Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
100.Fa len
101bytes long, from user-space address
102.Fa uaddr
103to kernel-space address
104.Fa kaddr .
105If the
106.Fa done
107argument is non-NULL,
108the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
109NUL, is returned in
110.Fa *done .
111.It Fn copyoutstr
112Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
113.Fa len
114bytes long, from kernel-space address
115.Fa kaddr
116to user-space address
117.Fa uaddr .
118If the
119.Fa done
120argument is non-NULL,
121the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
122NUL, is returned in
123.Fa *done .
124.El
125.Sh RETURN VALUES
126The
127.Nm
128functions return 0 on success or EFAULT if a bad address is encountered.
129In addition, the
130.Fn copystr ,
131.Fn copyinstr ,
132and
133.Fn copyoutstr
134functions return ENAMETOOLONG if the string is longer than
135.Fa len
136bytes.
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr fetch 9 ,
139.Xr store 9
140