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37.Dd May 11, 2020
38.Dt COPY 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm copy ,
42.Nm copyin ,
43.Nm copyin_nofault ,
44.Nm copyout ,
45.Nm copyout_nofault ,
46.Nm copystr ,
47.Nm copyinstr
48.Nd heterogenous address space copy functions
49.Sh SYNOPSIS
50.In sys/types.h
51.In sys/systm.h
52.Ft int
53.Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
54.Ft int
55.Fn copyin_nofault "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
56.Ft int
57.Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
58.Ft int
59.Fn copyout_nofault "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
60.Ft int __deprecated
61.Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
62.Ft int
63.Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65The
66.Nm
67functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address space
68to another.
69.Pp
70.Fn copystr
71is deprecated and should be replaced with
72.Xr strlcpy 9 .
73It will be removed from
74.Fx 13 .
75.Pp
76The
77.Fn copyin
78and
79.Fn copyin_nofault
80functions copy
81.Fa len
82bytes of data from the user-space address
83.Fa uaddr
84to the kernel-space address
85.Fa kaddr .
86.Pp
87The
88.Fn copyout
89and
90.Fn copyout_nofault
91functions copy
92.Fa len
93bytes of data from the kernel-space address
94.Fa kaddr
95to the user-space address
96.Fa uaddr .
97.Pp
98The
99.Fn copyin_nofault
100and
101.Fn copyout_nofault
102functions require that the kernel-space and user-space data be
103accessible without incurring a page fault.
104The source and destination addresses must be physically mapped for
105read and write access, respectively, and neither the source nor
106destination addresses may be pageable.
107.Pp
108The
109.Fn copystr
110function copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
111.Fa len
112bytes long, from kernel-space address
113.Fa kfaddr
114to kernel-space address
115.Fa kdaddr .
116The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
117NUL, is returned in
118.Fa *done
119(if
120.Fa done
121is
122.No non- Ns Dv NULL ) .
123.Pp
124The
125.Fn copyinstr
126function copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
127.Fa len
128bytes long, from user-space address
129.Fa uaddr
130to kernel-space address
131.Fa kaddr .
132The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
133NUL, is returned in
134.Fa *done
135(if
136.Fa done
137is
138.No non- Ns Dv NULL ) .
139.Sh RETURN VALUES
140The
141.Nm
142functions return 0 on success.
143All but
144.Fn copystr
145return
146.Er EFAULT
147if a bad address is encountered.
148The
149.Fn copyin_nofault
150and
151.Fn copyout_nofault
152functions return
153.Er EFAULT
154if a page fault occurs.
155The
156.Fn copystr
157and
158.Fn copyinstr
159functions return
160.Er ENAMETOOLONG
161if the string is longer than
162.Fa len
163bytes.
164.Sh SEE ALSO
165.Xr fetch 9 ,
166.Xr store 9
167