proc_dostring

Section: Kernel Hacker's Manual (9)
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NAME

proc_dostring - read a string sysctl  

SYNOPSIS

int proc_dostring (ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp, void *buffer, size_t *lenp);  

ARGUMENTS

table

 the sysctl table
write

 TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
filp

 the file structure
buffer

 the user buffer
lenp

 the size of the user buffer
 

DESCRIPTION

Reads/writes a string from/to the user buffer. If the kernel buffer provided is not large enough to hold the string, the string is truncated. The copied string is NULL-terminated. If the string is being read by the user process, it is copied and a newline ' is added. It is truncated if the buffer is not large enough.

Returns 0 on success.


 

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