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6 .TH COPYOUT 9F "Sep 27, 2002"
8 copyout \- copy data from a driver to a user program
12 #include <sys/types.h>
17 \fBint\fR \fBcopyout\fR(\fBconst void *\fR\fIdriverbuf\fR, \fBvoid *\fR\fIuserbuf\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIcn\fR);
23 This interface is obsolete. \fBddi_copyout\fR(9F) should be used instead.
28 \fB\fIdriverbuf\fR \fR
31 Source address in the driver from which the data is transferred.
40 Destination address in the user program to which the data is transferred.
49 Number of bytes moved.
55 \fBcopyout()\fR copies data from driver buffers to user data space.
58 Addresses that are word-aligned are moved most efficiently. However, the
59 driver developer is not obligated to ensure alignment. This function
60 automatically finds the most efficient move algorithm according to address
65 Under normal conditions, a \fB0\fR is returned to indicate a successful copy.
66 Otherwise, a \(mi\fB1\fR is returned if one of the following occurs:
71 Paging fault; the driver tried to access a page of memory for which it did not
72 have read or write access.
78 Invalid user address, such as a user area or stack area.
84 Invalid address that would have resulted in data being copied into the user
91 Hardware fault; a hardware error prevented access to the specified user memory.
92 For example, an uncorrectable parity or \fBECC\fR error occurred.
96 If a \(mi\fB1\fR is returned to the caller, driver entry point routines should
101 \fBcopyout()\fR can be called from user context only.
104 \fBExample 1 \fRAn \fBioctl()\fR Routine
107 A driver \fBioctl\fR(9E) routine (line 10) can be used to get or set device
108 attributes or registers. In the \fBXX_GETREGS\fR condition (line 17), the
109 driver copies the current device register values to a user data area (line 18).
110 If the specified argument contains an invalid address, an error code is
116 1 struct device { /* layout of physical device registers */
117 2 int control; /* physical device control word */
118 3 int status; /* physical device status word */
119 4 short recv_char; /* receive character from device */
120 5 short xmit_char; /* transmit character to device */
123 8 extern struct device xx_addr[]; /* phys. device regs. location */
125 10 xx_ioctl(dev_t dev, int cmd, int arg, int mode,
126 11 cred_t *cred_p, int *rval_p)
129 14 register struct device *rp = &xx_addr[getminor(dev) >> 4];
132 17 case XX_GETREGS: /* copy device regs. to user program */
133 18 if (copyout(rp, arg, sizeof(struct device)))
146 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
154 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
156 Stability Level Obsolete
162 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBioctl\fR(9E), \fBbcopy\fR(9F), \fBcopyin\fR(9F),
163 \fBddi_copyin\fR(9F), \fBddi_copyout\fR(9F), \fBuiomove\fR(9F)
166 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
170 Driver writers who intend to support layered ioctls in their \fBioctl\fR(9E)
171 routines should use \fBddi_copyout\fR(9F) instead.
174 Driver defined locks should not be held across calls to this function.
177 \fBcopyout()\fR should not be used from a streams driver. See \fBM_COPYIN\fR
178 and \fBM_COPYOUT\fR in \fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR.