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37.Dd June 15, 2017
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 kernel 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
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.\" .Ft int
65.\" .Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
66.Sh DESCRIPTION
67The
68.Nm
69functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
70to another.
71All but
72.Fn copystr
73copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
74.Pp
75The
76.Fn copyin
77and
78.Fn copyin_nofault
79functions copy
80.Fa len
81bytes of data from the user-space address
82.Fa uaddr
83to the kernel-space address
84.Fa kaddr .
85.Pp
86The
87.Fn copyout
88and
89.Fn copyout_nofault
90functions copy
91.Fa len
92bytes of data from the kernel-space address
93.Fa kaddr
94to the user-space address
95.Fa uaddr .
96.Pp
97The
98.Fn copyin_nofault
99and
100.Fn copyout_nofault
101functions require that the kernel-space and user-space data be
102accessible without incurring a page fault.
103The source and destination addresses must be physically mapped for
104read and write access, respectively, and neither the source nor
105destination addresses may be pageable.
106.Pp
107The
108.Fn copystr
109function copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
110.Fa len
111bytes long, from kernel-space address
112.Fa kfaddr
113to kernel-space address
114.Fa kdaddr .
115The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
116NUL, is returned in
117.Fa *done
118(if
119.Fa done
120is
121.No non- Ns Dv NULL ) .
122.Pp
123The
124.Fn copyinstr
125function copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
126.Fa len
127bytes long, from user-space address
128.Fa uaddr
129to kernel-space address
130.Fa kaddr .
131The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
132NUL, is returned in
133.Fa *done
134(if
135.Fa done
136is
137.No non- Ns Dv NULL ) .
138.\" .It Fn copyoutstr
139.\" Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
140.\" bytes long, from kernel-space address
141.\" .Fa kaddr
142.\" to user-space address
143.\" .Fa uaddr .
144.\" The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
145.\" NUL, is returned in
146.\" .Fa *done .
147.Sh RETURN VALUES
148The
149.Nm
150functions return 0 on success.
151All but
152.Fn copystr
153return
154.Er EFAULT
155if a bad address is encountered.
156The
157.Fn copyin_nofault
158and
159.Fn copyout_nofault
160functions return
161.Er EFAULT
162if a page fault occurs.
163The
164.Fn copystr
165and
166.Fn copyinstr
167.\" .Fn copyinstr ,
168.\" and
169.\" .Fn copyoutstr
170functions return
171.Er ENAMETOOLONG
172if the string is longer than
173.Fa len
174bytes.
175.Sh SEE ALSO
176.Xr fetch 9 ,
177.Xr store 9
178