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38.Dd January 7, 1996
39.Dt FETCH 9
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm fetch ,
43.Nm fubyte ,
44.Nm fusword ,
45.Nm fuword
46.Nd fetch data from 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 fubyte "const void *base"
54.Ft int
55.Fn fusword "void *base"
56.Ft long
57.Fn fuword "const void *base"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Nm
61functions are designed to copy small amounts of data from user-space.
62.Pp
63The
64.Nm
65routines provide the following functionality:
66.Bl -tag -width ".Fn fusword"
67.It Fn fubyte
68Fetches a byte of data from the user-space address
69.Fa base .
70.It Fn fusword
71Fetches a short word of data from the user-space address
72.Fa base .
73.It Fn fuword
74Fetches a word of data from the user-space address
75.Fa base .
76.El
77.Sh RETURN VALUES
78The
79.Nm
80functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr copy 9 ,
83.Xr store 9
84