put_user和get_user的使用

1. put_user

Name

put_user --    Write a simple value into user space.

Synopsis

put_user ( x, ptr);

Arguments

x

Value to copy to user space.

ptr

Destination address, in user space.

Context

User context only. This function may sleep.

Description

This macro copies a single simple value from kernel space to user space. It supports simple types like char and int, but not larger data types like structures or arrays.

ptr must have pointer-to-simple-variable type, and x must be assignable to the result of dereferencing ptr.

Returns zero on success, or -EFAULT on error.

2. get_user

Name

get_user --    Get a simple variable from user space.

Synopsis

get_user ( x, ptr);

Arguments

x

Variable to store result.

ptr

Source address, in user space.

Context

User context only. This function may sleep.

Description

This macro copies a single simple variable from user space to kernel space. It supports simple types like char and int, but not larger data types like structures or arrays.

ptr must have pointer-to-simple-variable type, and the result of dereferencing ptr must be assignable to x without a cast.

Returns zero on success, or -EFAULT on error. On error, the variable x is set to zero.

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