__COPY_TO_USER_IN

Section: LINUX (9)
Updated: August 2005
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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. 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.


 

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