| __COPY_TO_USER_INATO(9) | Memory Management in Linux | __COPY_TO_USER_INATO(9) |
NAME¶
__copy_to_user_inatomic - Copy a block of data into user space, with less checking.
SYNOPSIS¶
unsigned long __must_check __copy_to_user_inatomic(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.
DESCRIPTION¶
Copy data from kernel space to user space. Caller must check the specified block with access_ok before calling this function. The caller should also make sure he pins the user space address so that we don´t result in page fault and sleep.
Here we special-case 1, 2 and 4-byte copy_*_user invocations. On a fault we return the initial request size (1, 2 or 4), as copy_*_user should do. If a store crosses a page boundary and gets a fault, the x86 will not write anything, so this is accurate.
COPYRIGHT¶
| May 2024 | Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. |