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Man Page: __copy_to_user

Operating Environment: suse

Section: 9

__COPY_TO_USER(9)					    Memory Management in Linux						 __COPY_TO_USER(9)

NAME
__copy_to_user - Copy a block of data into user space, with less checking.
SYNOPSIS
unsigned long __must_check __copy_to_user(void __user * to, const void * from, unsigned long n);
ARGUMENTS
to Destination address, in user space. from Source address, in kernel space. n Number of bytes to copy.
CONTEXT
User context only. This function may sleep.
DESCRIPTION
Copy data from kernel space to user space. Caller must check the specified block with access_ok before calling this function. Returns number of bytes that could not be copied. On success, this will be zero.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 __COPY_TO_USER(9)
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