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+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+
+/*
+ * Copy iovec to kernel. Returns -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ * Note: this modifies the original iovec.
+ */
+
+int memcpy_fromiovec(unsigned char *kdata, struct iovec *iov, int len)
+{
+ while (len > 0) {
+ if (iov->iov_len) {
+ int copy = min_t(unsigned int, len, iov->iov_len);
+ if (copy_from_user(kdata, iov->iov_base, copy))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ len -= copy;
+ kdata += copy;
+ iov->iov_base += copy;
+ iov->iov_len -= copy;
+ }
+ iov++;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_fromiovec);
+
+/*
+ * Copy kernel to iovec. Returns -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ * Note: this modifies the original iovec.
+ */
+
+int memcpy_toiovec(struct iovec *iov, unsigned char *kdata, int len)
+{
+ while (len > 0) {
+ if (iov->iov_len) {
+ int copy = min_t(unsigned int, iov->iov_len, len);
+ if (copy_to_user(iov->iov_base, kdata, copy))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ kdata += copy;
+ len -= copy;
+ iov->iov_len -= copy;
+ iov->iov_base += copy;
+ }
+ iov++;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_toiovec);