strnlen_user(9)

strnlen_user9

Get the size of a string in user space.

Usage

long strnlen_user(const char __user * s, long n);

Arguments

s

The string to measure.

n

The maximum valid length

Overview

Get the size of a NUL-terminated string in user space.

Returns the size of the string INCLUDING the terminating NUL. On exception, returns 0. If the string is too long, returns a value greater than n.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7

From linux-manual-3.2 3.2.78-1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.