fetch (9)

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	$NetBSD: fetch.9,v 1.2 1996/01/09 21:59:24 perry Exp $

 Copyright (c) 1996 Jason R. Thorpe.
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 This code is derived from software contributed by Kenneth Stailey.

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man9/fetch.9freebsd".)

NAME

fetch fubyte fuswintr fuword fuword16 fuword32 fuword64 - fetch data from user-space

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/time.h In sys/systm.h Ft int Fn fubyte const void *base Ft long Fn fuword const void *base Ft int Fn fuword16 void *base Ft int32_t Fn fuword32 const void *base Ft int64_t Fn fuword64 const void *base In sys/resourcevar.h Ft int Fn fuswintr void *base

DESCRIPTION

The ifconfig functions are designed to copy small amounts of data from user-space.

The ifconfig routines provide the following functionality:

Fn fubyte

Fetches a byte of data from the user-space address base

Fn fuword

Fetches a word of data from the user-space address base

Fn fuword16

Fetches 16 bits of data from the user-space address base

Fn fuword32

Fetches 32 bits of data from the user-space address base

Fn fuword64

Fetches 64 bits of data from the user-space address base

Fn fuswintr

Fetches a short word of data from the user-space address base This function is safe to call during an interrupt context.

RETURN VALUES

The ifconfig functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO

copy(9), store(9)