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diff --git a/share/man/man9/kernacc.9 b/share/man/man9/kernacc.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6d60dc --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/kernacc.9 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: access.9,v 1.1 1996/06/16 10:38:35 pk Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Paul Kranenburg. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE +.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 16, 1996 +.Dt KERNACC 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kernacc , +.Nm useracc +.Nd check memory regions for accessibility +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In sys/proc.h +.In vm/vm.h +.In vm/vm_extern.h +.Ft int +.Fn kernacc "void *addr" "int len" "int rw" +.Ft int +.Fn useracc "void *addr" "int len" "int rw" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn kernacc +and +.Fn useracc +functions check whether operations of the type specified in +.Fa rw +are permitted in the range of virtual addresses given by +.Fa addr +and +.Fa len . +The possible values of +.Fa rw +are any bitwise combination of +.Dv VM_PROT_READ , +.Dv VM_PROT_WRITE +and +.Dv VM_PROT_EXECUTE . +.Fn kernacc +checks addresses in the kernel address space, while +.Fn useracc +considers +.Fa addr +to represent an user space address. +The process context to use for this +operation is taken from the global variable +.Va curproc . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Both functions return boolean true if the type of access specified +by +.Fa rw +is permitted. +Otherwise boolean false is returned. +.Sh BUGS +The process pointer should be passed in as an argument to +.Fn useracc . |