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