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<h1>Utility Services<br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Functions</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#gdf5ddcdee106f1eaf4b93b2d633da441">rtdm_mmap_to_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void *src_addr, size_t len, int prot, void **pptr, struct vm_operations_struct *vm_ops, void *vm_private_data)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Map a kernel memory range into the address space of the user.  <a href="#gdf5ddcdee106f1eaf4b93b2d633da441"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#gd3cd99bd0049763a4bf4c41edb249785">rtdm_iomap_to_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, unsigned long src_addr, size_t len, int prot, void **pptr, struct vm_operations_struct *vm_ops, void *vm_private_data)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Map an I/O memory range into the address space of the user.  <a href="#gd3cd99bd0049763a4bf4c41edb249785"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#ga6a363aa6e2e017d3493a9c175755fa5">rtdm_munmap</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void *ptr, size_t len)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Unmap a user memory range.  <a href="#ga6a363aa6e2e017d3493a9c175755fa5"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g7fe4c8a85d03bec31852634a681791e3">rtdm_printk</a> (const char *format,...)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Real-time safe message printing on kernel console.  <a href="#g7fe4c8a85d03bec31852634a681791e3"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">void *&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g34dfd5c060c67acc684eb4b4256cd4ba">rtdm_malloc</a> (size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Allocate memory block in real-time context.  <a href="#g34dfd5c060c67acc684eb4b4256cd4ba"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g8d15b2cbb2fbf35b88362491af4e6a36">rtdm_free</a> (void *ptr)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Release real-time memory block.  <a href="#g8d15b2cbb2fbf35b88362491af4e6a36"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g341dedfbeeb511848ba5f5a9535cc0a7">rtdm_read_user_ok</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, const void __user *ptr, size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Check if read access to user-space memory block is safe.  <a href="#g341dedfbeeb511848ba5f5a9535cc0a7"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g6cecee5411773e81c83d04824864a62d">rtdm_rw_user_ok</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, const void __user *ptr, size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Check if read/write access to user-space memory block is safe.  <a href="#g6cecee5411773e81c83d04824864a62d"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g99abc944640745604b4a77204d2d0777">rtdm_copy_from_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Copy user-space memory block to specified buffer.  <a href="#g99abc944640745604b4a77204d2d0777"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g8e2ada3a5665c1366cd2c91f304bfa34">rtdm_safe_copy_from_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Check if read access to user-space memory block and copy it to specified buffer.  <a href="#g8e2ada3a5665c1366cd2c91f304bfa34"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#gb19ad9751ca1c56a53aafeb7ce8a6faf">rtdm_copy_to_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Copy specified buffer to user-space memory block.  <a href="#gb19ad9751ca1c56a53aafeb7ce8a6faf"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g53f7bacd08774bfd26e13798cbfb21b8">rtdm_safe_copy_to_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Check if read/write access to user-space memory block is safe and copy specified buffer to it.  <a href="#g53f7bacd08774bfd26e13798cbfb21b8"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g9512ab3a85bea45a47bd033bad8b4828">rtdm_strncpy_from_user</a> (rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, char *dst, const char __user *src, size_t count)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Copy user-space string to specified buffer.  <a href="#g9512ab3a85bea45a47bd033bad8b4828"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">int&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__util.html#g8f9fcd0e274324096628dfede6fb10f2">rtdm_in_rt_context</a> (void)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Test if running in a real-time task.  <a href="#g8f9fcd0e274324096628dfede6fb10f2"></a><br></td></tr>
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          <td class="paramtype">rtdm_user_info_t *&nbsp;</td>
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Copy user-space memory block to specified buffer. 
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<dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>dst</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Destination buffer address </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-space memory block </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Size of the memory block</td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>0 on success, otherwise:</dd></dl>
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<li>-EFAULT is returned if an invalid memory area was accessed.</li></ul>
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<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>Before invoking this service, verify via <a class="el" href="group__util.html#g341dedfbeeb511848ba5f5a9535cc0a7" title="Check if read access to user-space memory block is safe.">rtdm_read_user_ok()</a> that the provided user-space address can securely be accessed.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
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<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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          <td class="memname">int rtdm_copy_to_user           </td>
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Copy specified buffer to user-space memory block. 
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<dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
  <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>dst</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-space memory block </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Source buffer address </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Size of the memory block</td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>0 on success, otherwise:</dd></dl>
<ul>
<li>-EFAULT is returned if an invalid memory area was accessed.</li></ul>
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<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>Before invoking this service, verify via <a class="el" href="group__util.html#g6cecee5411773e81c83d04824864a62d" title="Check if read/write access to user-space memory block is safe.">rtdm_rw_user_ok()</a> that the provided user-space address can securely be accessed.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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Release real-time memory block. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>ptr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Pointer to memory block as returned by <a class="el" href="group__util.html#g34dfd5c060c67acc684eb4b4256cd4ba" title="Allocate memory block in real-time context.">rtdm_malloc()</a></td></tr>
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This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Interrupt service routine (consider the overhead!)</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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Test if running in a real-time task. 
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Non-zero is returned if the caller resides in real-time context, 0 otherwise.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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Map an I/O memory range into the address space of the user. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src_addr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>physical I/O address to be mapped </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>len</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Length of the memory range </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>prot</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Protection flags for the user's memory range, typically either PROT_READ or PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in,out]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>pptr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of a pointer containing the desired user address or NULL on entry and the finally assigned address on return </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>vm_ops</em>&nbsp;</td><td>vm_operations to be executed on the vma_area of the user memory range or NULL </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>vm_private_data</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Private data to be stored in the vma_area, primarily useful for vm_operation handlers</td></tr>
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<ul>
<li>-EINVAL is returned if an invalid start address, size, or destination address was passed.</li></ul>
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<ul>
<li>-ENOMEM is returned if there is insufficient free memory or the limit of memory mapping for the user process was reached.</li></ul>
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<ul>
<li>-EAGAIN is returned if too much memory has been already locked by the user process.</li></ul>
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<li>-EPERM <em>may</em> be returned if an illegal invocation environment is detected.</li></ul>
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<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>RTDM supports two models for unmapping the user memory range again. One is explicit unmapping via <a class="el" href="group__util.html#ga6a363aa6e2e017d3493a9c175755fa5" title="Unmap a user memory range.">rtdm_munmap()</a>, either performed when the user requests it via an IOCTL etc. or when the related device is closed. The other is automatic unmapping, triggered by the user invoking standard <a class="el" href="group__posix__shm.html#g01ff21bc70401bee9b80c350763087f7" title="Unmap pages of memory.">munmap()</a> or by the termination of the related process. To track release of the mapping and therefore relinquishment of the referenced physical memory, the caller of <a class="el" href="group__util.html#gd3cd99bd0049763a4bf4c41edb249785" title="Map an I/O memory range into the address space of the user.">rtdm_iomap_to_user()</a> can pass a vm_operations_struct on invocation, defining a close handler for the vm_area. See Linux documentaion (e.g. Linux Device Drivers book) on virtual memory management for details.</dd></dl>
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This service can be called from:<p>
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<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>User-space task (non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: possible. 
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Allocate memory block in real-time context. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Requested size of the memory block</td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>The pointer to the allocated block is returned on success, NULL otherwise.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Interrupt service routine (consider the overhead!)</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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Map a kernel memory range into the address space of the user. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src_addr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Kernel virtual address to be mapped </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>len</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Length of the memory range </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>prot</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Protection flags for the user's memory range, typically either PROT_READ or PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in,out]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>pptr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of a pointer containing the desired user address or NULL on entry and the finally assigned address on return </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>vm_ops</em>&nbsp;</td><td>vm_operations to be executed on the vma_area of the user memory range or NULL </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>vm_private_data</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Private data to be stored in the vma_area, primarily useful for vm_operation handlers</td></tr>
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<li>-EINVAL is returned if an invalid start address, size, or destination address was passed.</li></ul>
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<ul>
<li>-ENOMEM is returned if there is insufficient free memory or the limit of memory mapping for the user process was reached.</li></ul>
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<li>-EAGAIN is returned if too much memory has been already locked by the user process.</li></ul>
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<li>-EPERM <em>may</em> be returned if an illegal invocation environment is detected.</li></ul>
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<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>This service only works on memory regions allocated via kmalloc() or vmalloc(). To map physical I/O memory to user-space use <a class="el" href="group__util.html#gd3cd99bd0049763a4bf4c41edb249785" title="Map an I/O memory range into the address space of the user.">rtdm_iomap_to_user()</a> instead.<p>
RTDM supports two models for unmapping the user memory range again. One is explicit unmapping via <a class="el" href="group__util.html#ga6a363aa6e2e017d3493a9c175755fa5" title="Unmap a user memory range.">rtdm_munmap()</a>, either performed when the user requests it via an IOCTL etc. or when the related device is closed. The other is automatic unmapping, triggered by the user invoking standard <a class="el" href="group__posix__shm.html#g01ff21bc70401bee9b80c350763087f7" title="Unmap pages of memory.">munmap()</a> or by the termination of the related process. To track release of the mapping and therefore relinquishment of the referenced physical memory, the caller of <a class="el" href="group__util.html#gdf5ddcdee106f1eaf4b93b2d633da441" title="Map a kernel memory range into the address space of the user.">rtdm_mmap_to_user()</a> can pass a vm_operations_struct on invocation, defining a close handler for the vm_area. See Linux documentaion (e.g. Linux Device Drivers book) on virtual memory management for details.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
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<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>User-space task (non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: possible. 
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Unmap a user memory range. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to <a class="el" href="group__util.html#gdf5ddcdee106f1eaf4b93b2d633da441" title="Map a kernel memory range into the address space of the user.">rtdm_mmap_to_user()</a> when requesting to map the memory range </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>ptr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User address or the memory range </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>len</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Length of the memory range</td></tr>
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<li>-EINVAL is returned if an invalid address or size was passed.</li></ul>
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<ul>
<li>-EPERM <em>may</em> be returned if an illegal invocation environment is detected.</li></ul>
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Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
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<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>User-space task (non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: possible. 
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Real-time safe message printing on kernel console. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>format</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Format string (conforming standard <code>printf()</code>) </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>...</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Arguments referred by <em>format</em> </td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>On success, this service returns the number of characters printed. Otherwise, a negative error code is returned.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
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<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Interrupt service routine (consider the overhead!)</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never in real-time context, possible in non-real-time environments. 
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Check if read access to user-space memory block is safe. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>ptr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-provided memory block </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Size of the memory block</td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Non-zero is return when it is safe to read from the specified memory block, 0 otherwise.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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Check if read/write access to user-space memory block is safe. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>ptr</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-provided memory block </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Size of the memory block</td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Non-zero is return when it is safe to read from or write to the specified memory block, 0 otherwise.</dd></dl>
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This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
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Rescheduling: never. 
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<a class="anchor" name="g8e2ada3a5665c1366cd2c91f304bfa34"></a><!-- doxytag: member="drvlib.c::rtdm_safe_copy_from_user" ref="g8e2ada3a5665c1366cd2c91f304bfa34" args="(rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)" -->
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Check if read access to user-space memory block and copy it to specified buffer. 
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  <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>dst</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Destination buffer address </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-space memory block </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Size of the memory block</td></tr>
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</dl>
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>0 on success, otherwise:</dd></dl>
<ul>
<li>-EFAULT is returned if an invalid memory area was accessed.</li></ul>
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<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>This service is a combination of rtdm_read_user_ok and rtdm_copy_from_user.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
<p>
Rescheduling: never. 
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<a class="anchor" name="g53f7bacd08774bfd26e13798cbfb21b8"></a><!-- doxytag: member="drvlib.c::rtdm_safe_copy_to_user" ref="g53f7bacd08774bfd26e13798cbfb21b8" args="(rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)" -->
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          <td class="paramtype">rtdm_user_info_t *&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="paramname"> <em>user_info</em>, </td>
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          <td class="paramkey"></td>
          <td></td>
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          <td class="paramname"> <em>dst</em>, </td>
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          <td class="paramname"> <em>size</em></td><td>&nbsp;</td>
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Check if read/write access to user-space memory block is safe and copy specified buffer to it. 
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<dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
  <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>dst</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-space memory block </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Source buffer address </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Size of the memory block</td></tr>
  </table>
</dl>
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>0 on success, otherwise:</dd></dl>
<ul>
<li>-EFAULT is returned if an invalid memory area was accessed.</li></ul>
<p>
<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>This service is a combination of rtdm_rw_user_ok and rtdm_copy_to_user.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
<p>
Rescheduling: never. 
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<a class="anchor" name="g9512ab3a85bea45a47bd033bad8b4828"></a><!-- doxytag: member="drvlib.c::rtdm_strncpy_from_user" ref="g9512ab3a85bea45a47bd033bad8b4828" args="(rtdm_user_info_t *user_info, char *dst, const char __user *src, size_t count)" -->
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          <td class="paramname"> <em>user_info</em>, </td>
        </tr>
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          <td class="paramkey"></td>
          <td></td>
          <td class="paramtype">char *&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="paramname"> <em>dst</em>, </td>
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          <td class="paramkey"></td>
          <td></td>
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          <td class="paramname"> <em>src</em>, </td>
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          <td class="paramkey"></td>
          <td></td>
          <td class="paramtype">size_t&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="paramname"> <em>count</em></td><td>&nbsp;</td>
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Copy user-space string to specified buffer. 
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<dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
  <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>user_info</em>&nbsp;</td><td>User information pointer as passed to the invoked device operation handler </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>dst</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Destination buffer address </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>src</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Address of the user-space string </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"><tt>[in]</tt>&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><em>count</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing '0'</td></tr>
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</dl>
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Length of the string on success (not including the trailing '0'), otherwise:</dd></dl>
<ul>
<li>-EFAULT is returned if an invalid memory area was accessed.</li></ul>
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<dl class="note" compact><dt><b>Note:</b></dt><dd>This services already includes a check of the source address, calling <a class="el" href="group__util.html#g341dedfbeeb511848ba5f5a9535cc0a7" title="Check if read access to user-space memory block is safe.">rtdm_read_user_ok()</a> for <em>src</em> explicitly is not required.</dd></dl>
Environments:<p>
This service can be called from:<p>
<ul>
<li>Kernel module initialization/cleanup code</li><li>Kernel-based task</li><li>User-space task (RT, non-RT)</li></ul>
<p>
Rescheduling: never. 
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