gistfile1.c

SYSCALL_DEFINE3(silly_copy,
                unsigned long *, src,
                unsigned long *, dst,
                unsigned long,   len)
{
    unsigned long buf[64];                 /* Buffer for chunks */
    unsigned long lenleft = len;           /* Remaining size */
    unsigned long chunklen = sizeof(buf);  /* Initial chunk length */

    /* Loop handling chunk sizes */

    while (lenleft > 0) {
        /* Change chunk length on last chunk */

        if (lenleft < chunklen) chunklen = lenleft;

        /* copy src(user) to buf(kernel) then dst(user) */

        if (copy_from_user(buf, src, chunklen)) return -EFAULT;
        if (copy_to_user(dst, buf, chunklen)) return -EFAULT;

        /* Adjust pointers and remaining size */

        src += chunklen; dst += chunklen; lenleft -= chunklen;
    }

    /* return amount of data copied */
    return len;
}