.\" $NetBSD: copy.9,v 1.19 2008/09/12 00:35:12 simonb Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996, 2002 Jason R. Thorpe. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This code is derived from software contributed by Kenneth Stailey. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software .\" must display the following acknowledgement: .\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project .\" by Jason R. Thorpe. .\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, .\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; .\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED .\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, .\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd August 28, 2005 .Dt COPY 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm copy , .Nm copyin , .Nm copyout , .Nm copystr , .Nm copyinstr , .Nm copyoutstr .Nd kernel space to/from user space copy functions .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/types.h .In sys/systm.h .Ft int .Fn copyin "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn copyout "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn copystr "const void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done" .Ft int .Fn copyinstr "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done" .Ft int .Fn copyoutstr "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done" .Ft int .Fn copyin_proc "struct proc *p" "const void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn copyout_proc "struct proc *p" "const void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn ioctl_copyin "int ioctlflags" "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn ioctl_copyout "int ioctlflags" "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address to another. All but .Fn copystr copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa. .Pp The .Nm routines provide the following functionality: .Bl -tag -width "copyout_proc()" .It Fn copyin Copies .Fa len bytes of data from the user-space address .Fa uaddr in the current process to the kernel-space address .Fa kaddr . .It Fn copyout Copies .Fa len bytes of data from the kernel-space address .Fa kaddr to the user-space address .Fa uaddr in the current process. .It Fn copystr Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most .Fa len bytes long, from kernel-space address .Fa kfaddr to kernel-space address .Fa kdaddr . If the .Fa done argument is non-NULL, the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in .Fa *done . .It Fn copyinstr Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most .Fa len bytes long, from user-space address .Fa uaddr in the current process to kernel-space address .Fa kaddr . If the .Fa done argument is non-NULL, the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in .Fa *done . .It Fn copyoutstr Copies a NUL-terminated string, at most .Fa len bytes long, from kernel-space address .Fa kaddr to user-space address .Fa uaddr in the current process. If the .Fa done argument is non-NULL, the number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating NUL, is returned in .Fa *done . .It Fn copyin_proc Like .Fn copyin , except it operates on the address space of the process .Fa p . .It Fn copyout_proc Like .Fn copyout , except it operates on the address space of the process .Fa p . .It Fn ioctl_copyin Like .Fn copyin , except it operates on kernel adresses when the .Dv FKIOCTL flag is passed in .Fa ioctlflags from the ioctl call. .It Fn ioctl_copyout Like .Fn copyout , except it operates on kernel adresses when the .Dv FKIOCTL flag is passed in .Fa ioctlflags from the ioctl call. .El .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Nm functions return 0 on success or .Er EFAULT if a bad address is encountered. In addition, the .Fn copystr , .Fn copyinstr , and .Fn copyoutstr functions return .Er ENAMETOOLONG if the string is longer than .Fa len bytes. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fetch 9 , .Xr store 9