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37.Dd January 23, 2020
38.Dt FETCH 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm fetch ,
42.Nm fubyte ,
43.Nm fuword ,
44.Nm fuword16 ,
45.Nm fuword32 ,
46.Nm fuword64 ,
47.Nm fueword ,
48.Nm fueword32 ,
49.Nm fueword64
50.Nd fetch data from user-space
51.Sh SYNOPSIS
52.In sys/types.h
53.In sys/systm.h
54.Ft int
55.Fn fubyte "volatile const void *base"
56.Ft long
57.Fn fuword "volatile const void *base"
58.Ft int
59.Fn fuword16 "volatile const void *base"
60.Ft int32_t
61.Fn fuword32 "volatile const void *base"
62.Ft int64_t
63.Fn fuword64 "volatile const void *base"
64.Ft int
65.Fn fueword "volatile const void *base" "long *val"
66.Ft int
67.Fn fueword32 "volatile const void *base" "int32_t *val"
68.Ft int
69.Fn fueword64 "volatile const void *base" "int64_t *val"
70.In sys/resourcevar.h
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72The
73.Nm
74functions are designed to copy small amounts of data from user-space
75of the current process.
76If read is successful, it is performed atomically.
77The data read must be naturally aligned.
78.Pp
79The
80.Nm
81routines provide the following functionality:
82.Bl -tag -width "fueword32()"
83.It Fn fubyte
84Fetches a byte of data from the user-space address
85.Pa base .
86The byte read is zero-extended into the results variable.
87.It Fn fuword
88Fetches a word of data (long) from the user-space address
89.Pa base .
90.It Fn fuword16
91Fetches 16 bits of data from the user-space address
92.Pa base .
93The half-word read is zero-extended into the results variable.
94.It Fn fuword32
95Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address
96.Pa base .
97.It Fn fuword64
98Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address
99.Pa base .
100.It Fn fueword
101Fetches a word of data (long) from the user-space address
102.Pa base
103and stores the result in the variable pointed by
104.Pa val .
105.It Fn fueword32
106Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address
107.Pa base
108and stores the result in the variable pointed by
109.Pa val .
110.It Fn fueword64
111Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address
112.Pa base
113and stores the result in the variable pointed by
114.Pa val .
115.El
116.Pp
117The callers of
118.Fn fuword ,
119.Fn fuword32
120and
121.Fn fuword64
122functions cannot distinguish between -1 read from
123userspace and function failure.
124.Sh RETURN VALUES
125The
126.Fn fubyte ,
127.Fn fuword ,
128.Fn fuword16 ,
129.Fn fuword32 ,
130and
131.Fn fuword64
132functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.
133The
134.Fn fueword ,
135.Fn fueword32
136and
137.Fn fueword64
138functions return 0 on success and -1 on failure.
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr copy 9 ,
141.Xr store 9
142