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45 .Nd kernel space to/from user space copy functions
50 .Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
52 .Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
54 .Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
56 .Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
58 .Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
60 .Fn copyin_proc "struct proc *p" "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
62 .Fn copyout_proc "struct proc *p" "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
64 .Fn ioctl_copyin "int ioctlflags" "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
66 .Fn ioctl_copyout "int ioctlflags" "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
70 functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
74 copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
78 routines provide the following functionality:
79 .Bl -tag -width "copyout_proc()"
83 bytes of data from the user-space address
85 in the current process to the kernel-space address
90 bytes of data from the kernel-space address
92 to the user-space address
94 in the current process.
96 Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
98 bytes long, from kernel-space address
100 to kernel-space address
104 argument is non-NULL,
105 the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
109 Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
111 bytes long, from user-space address
113 in the current process to kernel-space address
117 argument is non-NULL,
118 the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
122 Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most
124 bytes long, from kernel-space address
126 to user-space address
128 in the current process.
131 argument is non-NULL,
132 the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
138 except it operates on the address space of the process
143 except it operates on the address space of the process
148 except it operates on kernel adresses when the
156 except it operates on kernel adresses when the
165 functions return 0 on success or
167 if a bad address is encountered.
175 if the string is longer than