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37.Dd January 7, 1996
38.Dt COPY 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm copy ,
42.Nm copyin ,
43.Nm copyout ,
44.Nm copystr ,
45.Nm copyinstr
46.Nd kernel copy functions
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In sys/types.h
49.In sys/systm.h
50.Ft int
51.Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
52.Ft int
53.Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
54.Ft int
55.Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
56.Ft int
57.Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
58.\" .Ft int
59.\" .Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
64to another.
65All but
66.Fn copystr
67copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71routines provide the following functionality:
72.Bl -tag -width "copyoutstr()"
73.It Fn copyin
74Copies
75.Fa len
76bytes of data from the user-space address
77.Fa uaddr
78to the kernel-space address
79.Fa kaddr .
80.It Fn copyout
81Copies
82.Fa len
83bytes of data from the kernel-space address
84.Fa kaddr
85to the user-space address
86.Fa uaddr .
87.It Fn copystr
88Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
89.Fa len
90bytes long, from kernel-space address
91.Fa kfaddr
92to kernel-space address
93.Fa kdaddr .
94The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
95NUL, is returned in
96.Fa *done
97.Po
98if
99.Fa done
100is
101.No non- Ns Dv NULL
102.Pc .
103.It Fn copyinstr
104Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
105.Fa len
106bytes long, from user-space address
107.Fa uaddr
108to kernel-space address
109.Fa kaddr .
110The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
111NUL, is returned in
112.Fa *done
113.Po
114if
115.Fa done
116is
117.No non- Ns Dv NULL Ns
118.Pc .
119.\" .It Fn copyoutstr
120.\" Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
121.\" bytes long, from kernel-space address
122.\" .Pa kaddr
123.\" to user-space address
124.\" .Pa uaddr .
125.\" The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
126.\" NUL, is returned in
127.\" .Pa *done .
128.El
129.Sh RETURN VALUES
130The
131.Nm
132functions return 0 on success or
133.Er EFAULT
134if a bad address is encountered.
135In addition, the
136.Fn copystr ,
137and
138.Fn copyinstr
139.\" .Fn copyinstr ,
140.\" and
141.\" .Fn copyoutstr
142functions return
143.Er ENAMETOOLONG
144if the string is longer than
145.Fa len
146bytes.
147.Sh SEE ALSO
148.Xr fetch 9 ,
149.Xr store 9
150