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36.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2013 $
37.Dt COPY 9
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm copy
41.Nd kernel copy functions
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In sys/types.h
44.In sys/systm.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
47.Ft int
48.Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
49.Ft int
50.Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
51.Ft int
52.Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
53.Ft int
54.Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
55.Ft int
56.Fn kcopy "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len"
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.Nm
60functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address to another.
61All but
62.Fn copystr
63and
64.Fn kcopy
65copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
66.Pp
67The
68.Nm
69routines provide the following functionality:
70.Bl -tag -width "copyoutstr()"
71.It Fn copyin
72Copies
73.Fa len
74bytes of data from the user-space address
75.Fa uaddr
76to the kernel-space address
77.Fa kaddr .
78.It Fn copyout
79Copies
80.Fa len
81bytes of data from the kernel-space address
82.Fa kaddr
83to the user-space address
84.Fa uaddr .
85.It Fn copystr
86Copies a null-terminated string, at most
87.Fa len
88bytes long, from kernel-space address
89.Fa kfaddr
90to kernel-space address
91.Fa kdaddr .
92The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating null,
93is returned in
94.Fa *done ,
95if
96.Fa done
97is not
98.Dv NULL .
99.Pp
100Unlike the other
101.Nm
102functions,
103.Fn copystr
104does
105.Em not
106support returning
107.Er EFAULT
108when a bad address is encountered.
109.It Fn copyinstr
110Copies a null-terminated string, at most
111.Fa len
112bytes long, from user-space address
113.Fa uaddr
114to kernel-space address
115.Fa kaddr .
116The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating null,
117is returned in
118.Fa *done ,
119if
120.Fa done
121is not
122.Dv NULL .
123.It Fn copyoutstr
124Copies a null-terminated string, at most
125.Fa len
126bytes long, from kernel-space address
127.Fa kaddr
128to user-space address
129.Fa uaddr .
130The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating null,
131is returned in
132.Fa *done ,
133if
134.Fa done
135is not
136.Dv NULL .
137.It Fn kcopy
138Copies
139.Fa len
140bytes of data from the kernel-space address
141.Fa kfaddr
142to the kernel-space address
143.Fa kdaddr .
144.El
145.Sh RETURN VALUES
146The
147.Nm
148functions return 0 on success or
149.Er EFAULT
150if a bad address is encountered.
151In addition, the
152.Fn copystr ,
153.Fn copyinstr ,
154and
155.Fn copyoutstr
156functions return
157.Er ENAMETOOLONG
158if the string is longer than
159.Fa len
160bytes.
161.\" .Sh SEE ALSO
162