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35.Dd July 19, 2002
36.Dt COPY 9
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm copy ,
40.Nm copyin ,
41.Nm copyout ,
42.Nm copystr ,
43.Nm copyinstr ,
44.Nm copyoutstr
45.Nd kernel space to/from user space copy functions
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/types.h\*[Gt]
48.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/systm.h\*[Gt]
49.Ft int
50.Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
51.Ft int
52.Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
53.Ft int
54.Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
55.Ft int
56.Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
57.Ft int
58.Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
59.Ft int
60.Fn copyin_proc "struct proc *p" "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
61.Ft int
62.Fn copyout_proc "struct proc *p" "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64The
65.Nm
66functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
67to another.
68All but
69.Fn copystr
70copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
71.Pp
72The
73.Nm
74routines provide the following functionality:
75.Bl -tag -width "copyout_proc()"
76.It Fn copyin
77Copies
78.Fa len
79bytes of data from the user-space address
80.Fa uaddr
81in the current process to the kernel-space address
82.Fa kaddr .
83.It Fn copyout
84Copies
85.Fa len
86bytes of data from the kernel-space address
87.Fa kaddr
88to the user-space address
89.Fa uaddr
90in the current process.
91.It Fn copystr
92Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
93.Fa len
94bytes long, from kernel-space address
95.Fa kfaddr
96to kernel-space address
97.Fa kdaddr .
98If the
99.Fa done
100argument is non-NULL,
101the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
102NUL, is returned in
103.Fa *done .
104.It Fn copyinstr
105Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
106.Fa len
107bytes long, from user-space address
108.Fa uaddr
109in the current process to kernel-space address
110.Fa kaddr .
111If the
112.Fa done
113argument is non-NULL,
114the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
115NUL, is returned in
116.Fa *done .
117.It Fn copyoutstr
118Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
119.Fa len
120bytes long, from kernel-space address
121.Fa kaddr
122to user-space address
123.Fa uaddr
124in the current process.
125If the
126.Fa done
127argument is non-NULL,
128the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
129NUL, is returned in
130.Fa *done .
131.It Fn copyin_proc
132Like
133.Fn copyin ,
134except it operates on the address space of the process
135.Fa p .
136.It Fn copyout_proc
137Like
138.Fn copyout ,
139except it operates on the address space of the process
140.Fa p .
141.El
142.Sh RETURN VALUES
143The
144.Nm
145functions return 0 on success or EFAULT if a bad address is encountered.
146In addition, the
147.Fn copystr ,
148.Fn copyinstr ,
149and
150.Fn copyoutstr
151functions return ENAMETOOLONG if the string is longer than
152.Fa len
153bytes.
154.Sh SEE ALSO
155.Xr fetch 9 ,
156.Xr store 9
157