suword64 (9)

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	$NetBSD: store.9,v 1.2 1996/01/09 21:59:27 perry Exp $

 Copyright (c) 1996 Jason R. Thorpe.
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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man9/suword64.9freebsd".)

NAME

store subyte suswintr suword - store data to user-space

SYNOPSIS

In sys/types.h In sys/time.h In sys/systm.h Ft int Fn subyte void *base int byte Ft int Fn suword void *base long word Ft int Fn suword16 void *base int word Ft int Fn suword32 void *base int32_t word Ft int Fn suword64 void *base int64_t word In sys/resourcevar.h Ft int Fn suswintr void *base int word

DESCRIPTION

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

The ifconfig routines provide the following functionality:

Fn subyte

Stores a byte of data to the user-space address base

Fn suword

Stores a word of data to the user-space address base

Fn suword16

Stores 16 bits of data to the user-space address base

Fn suword32

Stores 32 bits of data to the user-space address base

Fn suword64

Stores 64 bits of data to the user-space address base

Fn suswintr

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

RETURN VALUES

The ifconfig functions return 0 on success or -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO

copy(9), fetch(9)