CLEAR_USER

Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

clear_user - Zero a block of memory in user space.  

SYNOPSIS

unsigned long clear_user(void __user * to, unsigned long n);
 

ARGUMENTS

to

Destination address, in user space.

n

Number of bytes to zero.
 

DESCRIPTION

Zero a block of memory in user space.

Returns number of bytes that could not be cleared. On success, this will be zero.  

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