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35.Dd May 11, 2020
36.Dt COPY 9
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm copy ,
40.Nm copyin ,
41.Nm copyin_nofault ,
42.Nm copyout ,
43.Nm copyout_nofault ,
44.Nm copystr ,
45.Nm copyinstr
46.Nd heterogenous address space 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 copyin_nofault "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
54.Ft int
55.Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
56.Ft int
57.Fn copyout_nofault "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
58.Ft int __deprecated
59.Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
60.Ft int
61.Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Nm
65functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address space
66to another.
67.Pp
68.Fn copystr
69is deprecated and should be replaced with
70.Xr strlcpy 9 .
71It will be removed from
72.Fx 13 .
73.Pp
74The
75.Fn copyin
76and
77.Fn copyin_nofault
78functions copy
79.Fa len
80bytes of data from the user-space address
81.Fa uaddr
82to the kernel-space address
83.Fa kaddr .
84.Pp
85The
86.Fn copyout
87and
88.Fn copyout_nofault
89functions copy
90.Fa len
91bytes of data from the kernel-space address
92.Fa kaddr
93to the user-space address
94.Fa uaddr .
95.Pp
96The
97.Fn copyin_nofault
98and
99.Fn copyout_nofault
100functions require that the kernel-space and user-space data be
101accessible without incurring a page fault.
102The source and destination addresses must be physically mapped for
103read and write access, respectively, and neither the source nor
104destination addresses may be pageable.
105.Pp
106The
107.Fn copystr
108function copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
109.Fa len
110bytes long, from kernel-space address
111.Fa kfaddr
112to kernel-space address
113.Fa kdaddr .
114The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
115NUL, is returned in
116.Fa *done
117(if
118.Fa done
119is
120.No non- Ns Dv NULL ) .
121.Pp
122The
123.Fn copyinstr
124function copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
125.Fa len
126bytes long, from user-space address
127.Fa uaddr
128to kernel-space address
129.Fa kaddr .
130The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
131NUL, is returned in
132.Fa *done
133(if
134.Fa done
135is
136.No non- Ns Dv NULL ) .
137.Sh RETURN VALUES
138The
139.Nm
140functions return 0 on success.
141All but
142.Fn copystr
143return
144.Er EFAULT
145if a bad address is encountered.
146The
147.Fn copyin_nofault
148and
149.Fn copyout_nofault
150functions return
151.Er EFAULT
152if a page fault occurs.
153The
154.Fn copystr
155and
156.Fn copyinstr
157functions return
158.Er ENAMETOOLONG
159if the string is longer than
160.Fa len
161bytes.
162.Sh SEE ALSO
163.Xr fetch 9 ,
164.Xr store 9
165