1 /* Copyright (C) 1996-1997, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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19 #if !defined _SYS_UIO_H && !defined _FCNTL_H
20 # error "Never include <bits/uio.h> directly; use <sys/uio.h> instead."
26 #include <sys/types.h>
29 /* `struct iovec' -- Structure describing a section of memory. */
33 /* Starting address. */
35 /* Length in bytes. */
39 /* Maximum number of 'struct iovec's that can be passed to a readv() or
40 writev() system call. For larger arrays of 'struct iovec', the libc
41 uses a single read() or write() call to guarantee atomicity. */
42 #define UIO_MAXIOV 1024
45 enum uio_rw
{ UIO_READ
, UIO_WRITE
};
47 /* Segment flag values. */
49 UIO_USERSPACE
, /* from user data space */
50 UIO_SYSSPACE
, /* from system space */
51 UIO_NOCOPY
/* don't copy, already in object */