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35.Dd Jan 7, 1996
36.Dt COPY 9
37.Os NetBSD
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm copy
40.Nd kernel copy functions
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
43.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
44.Ft int
45.Fn copyin "void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
46.Ft int
47.Fn copyout "void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
48.Ft int
49.Fn copystr "void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
50.Ft int
51.Fn copyinstr "void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
52.Ft int
53.Fn copyoutstr "void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
58to another.  All but
59.Fn copystr
60copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
61.Pp
62The
63.Nm
64routines provide the following functionality:
65.Bl -tag -width "copyoutstr()"
66.It Fn copyin
67Copies
68.Pa len
69bytes of data from the user-space address
70.Pa uaddr
71to the kernel-space address
72.Pa kaddr .
73.It Fn copyout
74Copies
75.Pa len
76bytes of data from the kernel-space address
77.Pa kaddr
78to the user-space address
79.Pa uaddr .
80.It Fn copystr
81Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
82.Pa len
83bytes long, from kernel-space address
84.Pa kfaddr
85to kernel-space address
86.Pa kdaddr .
87The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
88NULL, is returned in
89.Pa *done .
90.It Fn copyinstr
91Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
92.Pa len
93bytes long, from user-space address
94.Pa uaddr
95to kernel-space address
96.Pa kaddr .
97The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
98NULL, is returned in
99.Pa *done .
100.It Fn copyoutstr
101Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
102bytes long, from kernel-space address
103.Pa kaddr
104to user-space address
105.Pa uaddr .
106The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
107NULL, is returned in
108.Pa *done .
109.El
110.Sh RETURN VALUES
111The
112.Nm
113functions return 0 on success or EFAULT if a bad address is encountered.
114In addition, the
115.Fn copystr ,
116.Fn copyinstr ,
117and
118.Fn copyoutstr
119funtions return ENAMETOOLONG if the string is longer than
120.Pa len
121bytes.
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr fetch 9 ,
124.Xr store 9 .
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