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37.Dd January 7, 1996
38.Dt STORE 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm store ,
42.Nm subyte ,
43.Nm susword ,
44.Nm suswintr ,
45.Nm suword
46.Nd store data to user-space
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In sys/types.h
49.In sys/time.h
50.In sys/systm.h
51.In sys/resourcevar.h
52.Ft int
53.Fn subyte "void *base" "int byte"
54.Ft int
55.Fn susword "void *base" "int word"
56.Ft int
57.Fn suswintr "void *base" "int word"
58.Ft int
59.Fn suword "void *base" "long word"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63functions are designed to copy small amounts of data to user-space.
64.Pp
65The
66.Nm
67routines provide the following functionality:
68.Bl -tag -width "suswintr()"
69.It Fn subyte
70Stores a byte of data to the user-space address
71.Pa base .
72.It Fn susword
73Stores a short word of data to the user-space address
74.Pa base .
75.It Fn suswintr
76Stores a short word of data to the user-space address
77.Pa base .
78This function is safe to call during an interrupt context.
79.It Fn suword
80Stores a word of data to the user-space address
81.Pa base .
82.El
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84The
85.Nm
86functions return 0 on success or -1 on failure.
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr copy 9 ,
89.Xr fetch 9
90