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37.Dd July 22, 2021
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
71The
72.Nm
73functions are designed to copy small amounts of data from user-space
74of the current process.
75If the user address is naturally aligned, then the operation will be
76performed atomically.
77Otherwise it may fail or be performed non-atomically, depending on
78the platform.
79.Pp
80The
81.Nm
82routines provide the following functionality:
83.Bl -tag -width "fueword32()"
84.It Fn fubyte
85Fetches a byte of data from the user-space address
86.Pa base .
87The byte read is zero-extended into the results variable.
88.It Fn fuword
89Fetches a word of data (long) from the user-space address
90.Pa base .
91.It Fn fuword16
92Fetches 16 bits of data from the user-space address
93.Pa base .
94The half-word read is zero-extended into the results variable.
95.It Fn fuword32
96Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address
97.Pa base .
98.It Fn fuword64
99Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address
100.Pa base .
101.It Fn fueword
102Fetches a word of data (long) from the user-space address
103.Pa base
104and stores the result in the variable pointed by
105.Pa val .
106.It Fn fueword32
107Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address
108.Pa base
109and stores the result in the variable pointed by
110.Pa val .
111.It Fn fueword64
112Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address
113.Pa base
114and stores the result in the variable pointed by
115.Pa val .
116.El
117.Pp
118The callers of
119.Fn fuword ,
120.Fn fuword32
121and
122.Fn fuword64
123functions cannot distinguish between -1 read from
124userspace and function failure.
125.Sh RETURN VALUES
126The
127.Fn fubyte ,
128.Fn fuword ,
129.Fn fuword16 ,
130.Fn fuword32 ,
131and
132.Fn fuword64
133functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.
134The
135.Fn fueword ,
136.Fn fueword32
137and
138.Fn fueword64
139functions return 0 on success and -1 on failure.
140.Sh SEE ALSO
141.Xr copy 9 ,
142.Xr store 9
143