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6 .TH COPYIN 9F "Sep 27, 2002"
8 copyin \- copy data from a user program to a driver buffer
12 #include <sys/types.h>
17 \fBint\fR \fBcopyin\fR(\fBconst void *\fR\fIuserbuf\fR, \fBvoid *\fR\fIdriverbuf\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIcn\fR);
23 This interface is obsolete. \fBddi_copyin\fR(9F) should be used instead.
31 User program source address from which data is transferred.
37 \fB\fIdriverbuf\fR \fR
40 Driver destination address to which data is transferred.
49 Number of bytes transferred.
55 \fBcopyin()\fR copies data from a user program source address to a driver
56 buffer. The driver developer must ensure that adequate space is allocated for
57 the destination address.
60 Addresses that are word-aligned are moved most efficiently. However, the
61 driver developer is not obligated to ensure alignment. This function
62 automatically finds the most efficient move according to address alignment.
66 Under normal conditions, a \fB0\fR is returned indicating a successful copy.
67 Otherwise, a \(mi\fB1\fR is returned if one of the following occurs:
72 Paging fault; the driver tried to access a page of memory for which it did not
73 have read or write access.
79 Invalid user address, such as a user area or stack area.
85 Invalid address that would have resulted in data being copied into the user
92 Hardware fault; a hardware error prevented access to the specified user memory.
93 For example, an uncorrectable parity or \fBECC\fR error occurred.
97 If a \(mi\fB1\fR is returned to the caller, driver entry point routines should
102 \fBcopyin()\fR can be called from user context only.
105 \fBExample 1 \fRAn \fBioctl()\fR Routine
108 A driver \fBioctl\fR(9E) routine (line 10) can be used to get or set device
109 attributes or registers. In the \fBXX_GETREGS\fR condition (line 17), the
110 driver copies the current device register values to a user data area (line 18).
111 If the specified argument contains an invalid address, an error code is
118 1 struct device { /* layout of physical device registers */
119 2 int control; /* physical device control word */
120 3 int status; /* physical device status word */
121 4 short recv_char; /* receive character from device */
122 5 short xmit_char; /* transmit character to device */
125 8 extern struct device xx_addr[]; /* phys. device regs. location */
127 10 xx_ioctl(dev_t dev, int cmd, int arg, int mode,
128 11 cred_t *cred_p, int *rval_p)
131 14 register struct device *rp = &xx_addr[getminor(dev) >> 4];
134 17 case XX_GETREGS: /* copy device regs. to user program */
135 18 if (copyin(arg, rp, sizeof(struct device)))
148 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
156 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
158 Stability Level Obsolete
164 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBioctl\fR(9E), \fBbcopy\fR(9F), \fBcopyout\fR(9F),
165 \fBddi_copyin\fR(9F), \fBddi_copyout\fR(9F), \fBuiomove\fR(9F)
168 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
172 Driver writers who intend to support layered ioctls in their \fBioctl\fR(9E)
173 routines should use \fBddi_copyin\fR(9F) instead.
176 Driver defined locks should not be held across calls to this function.
179 \fBcopyin()\fR should not be used from a streams driver. See \fBM_COPYIN\fR and
180 \fBM_COPYOUT\fR in \fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR.