COPY_TO_USER
Section: (9)
Updated: 14 August 2003
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NAME
copy_to_user - Copy a block of data into user space.
SYNOPSIS
unsigned long copy_to_user (void __user * to, const void * from, unsigned long n);
ARGUMENTS
- to
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Destination address, in user space.
- from
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Source address, in kernel space.
- n
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Number of bytes to copy.
CONTEXT
User context only. This function may sleep.
DESCRIPTION
Copy data from kernel space to user space.
Returns number of bytes that could not be copied.
On success, this will be zero.
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.
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