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copyin(9r) [osf1 man page]

copyin(9r)																copyin(9r)

NAME
copyin - General: Copies data from a user address space to a kernel address space SYNOPSIS
int copyin( caddr_t user_src, caddr_t kernel_dest, u_int bcount ); ARGUMENTS
Specifies the address in user space of the data to be copied. Specifies the address in kernel space to copy the data to. Specifies the number of bytes to copy. DESCRIPTION
The copyin routine copies a specified amount of data from the unprotected user address space to the protected kernel address space. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, copyin returns a value of 0 (zero). Otherwise, it can return the following error: The address in user space that you specified in the user_src argument cannot be accessed. SEE ALSO
Routines: copyinstr(9r), copyout(9r) copyin(9r)

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COPY(9) 						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual						   COPY(9)

NAME
copy, copyin, copyout, copystr, copyinstr -- kernel copy functions SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/systm.h> int copyin(const void *uaddr, void *kaddr, size_t len); int copyout(const void *kaddr, void *uaddr, size_t len); int copystr(const void *kfaddr, void *kdaddr, size_t len, size_t *done); int copyinstr(const void *uaddr, void *kaddr, size_t len, size_t *done); DESCRIPTION
The copy functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address to another. All but copystr() copy data from user-space to kernel- space or vice-versa. The copy routines provide the following functionality: copyin() Copies len bytes of data from the user-space address uaddr to the kernel-space address kaddr. copyout() Copies len bytes of data from the kernel-space address kaddr to the user-space address uaddr. copystr() Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most len bytes long, from kernel-space address kfaddr to kernel-space address kdaddr. The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in *done (if done is non-NULL). copyinstr() Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most len bytes long, from user-space address uaddr to kernel-space address kaddr. The num- ber of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in *done (if done is non-NULL). RETURN VALUES
The copy functions return 0 on success or EFAULT if a bad address is encountered. In addition, the copystr(), and copyinstr() functions return ENAMETOOLONG if the string is longer than len bytes. SEE ALSO
fetch(9), store(9) BSD
January 7, 1996 BSD
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