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35.Dd July 22, 2021
36.Dt FETCH 9
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm fetch ,
40.Nm fubyte ,
41.Nm fuword ,
42.Nm fuword16 ,
43.Nm fuword32 ,
44.Nm fuword64 ,
45.Nm fueword ,
46.Nm fueword32 ,
47.Nm fueword64
48.Nd fetch data from user-space
49.Sh SYNOPSIS
50.In sys/types.h
51.In sys/systm.h
52.Ft int
53.Fn fubyte "volatile const void *base"
54.Ft long
55.Fn fuword "volatile const void *base"
56.Ft int
57.Fn fuword16 "volatile const void *base"
58.Ft int32_t
59.Fn fuword32 "volatile const void *base"
60.Ft int64_t
61.Fn fuword64 "volatile const void *base"
62.Ft int
63.Fn fueword "volatile const void *base" "long *val"
64.Ft int
65.Fn fueword32 "volatile const void *base" "int32_t *val"
66.Ft int
67.Fn fueword64 "volatile const void *base" "int64_t *val"
68.Sh DESCRIPTION
69The
70.Nm
71functions are designed to copy small amounts of data from user-space
72of the current process.
73If the user address is naturally aligned, then the operation will be
74performed atomically.
75Otherwise it may fail or be performed non-atomically, depending on
76the platform.
77.Pp
78The
79.Nm
80routines provide the following functionality:
81.Bl -tag -width "fueword32()"
82.It Fn fubyte
83Fetches a byte of data from the user-space address
84.Pa base .
85The byte read is zero-extended into the results variable.
86.It Fn fuword
87Fetches a word of data (long) from the user-space address
88.Pa base .
89.It Fn fuword16
90Fetches 16 bits of data from the user-space address
91.Pa base .
92The half-word read is zero-extended into the results variable.
93.It Fn fuword32
94Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address
95.Pa base .
96.It Fn fuword64
97Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address
98.Pa base .
99.It Fn fueword
100Fetches a word of data (long) from the user-space address
101.Pa base
102and stores the result in the variable pointed by
103.Pa val .
104.It Fn fueword32
105Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address
106.Pa base
107and stores the result in the variable pointed by
108.Pa val .
109.It Fn fueword64
110Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address
111.Pa base
112and stores the result in the variable pointed by
113.Pa val .
114.El
115.Pp
116The callers of
117.Fn fuword ,
118.Fn fuword32
119and
120.Fn fuword64
121functions cannot distinguish between -1 read from
122userspace and function failure.
123.Sh RETURN VALUES
124The
125.Fn fubyte ,
126.Fn fuword ,
127.Fn fuword16 ,
128.Fn fuword32 ,
129and
130.Fn fuword64
131functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.
132The
133.Fn fueword ,
134.Fn fueword32
135and
136.Fn fueword64
137functions return 0 on success and -1 on failure.
138.Sh SEE ALSO
139.Xr copy 9 ,
140.Xr store 9
141