1_COPY_FROM_USER(9)        Memory Management in Linux        _COPY_FROM_USER(9)
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NAME

6       _copy_from_user - Copy a block of data from user space.
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SYNOPSIS

9       unsigned long _copy_from_user(void * to, const void __user * from,
10                                     unsigned long n);
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ARGUMENTS

13       to
14           Destination address, in kernel space.
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16       from
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19       n
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CONTEXT

23       User context only. This function may sleep.
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DESCRIPTION

26       Copy data from user space to kernel space.
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28       Returns number of bytes that could not be copied. On success, this will
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31       If some data could not be copied, this function will pad the copied
32       data to the requested size using zero bytes.
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35Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                _COPY_FROM_USER(9)
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