reading a buffer in a userspace program

[redeemed2009]

Hi all,
I'm trying to copy a structure instance into a userspace buffer using copy_to_user. I understood that the buffer is being copied from kernel space to user space, but how do I use that buffer from my userspace c program?

[rohshall]

You would use it exactly as if you have called a function that takes in the structure pointer (i.e. structure by reference) and that function has filled up the structure for you. Of course, you need to allocate the memory for the structure in the user space before making the system call, just like you would before expecting a C library function that fills up the structure for you.

[redeemed2009]

hey,
thanks a lot, but i had figured it out!