NAME
vm_copy - copies memory to a destination address
SYNOPSIS
#include <mach.h>
kern_return_t vm_copy
(target_task, source_address, count, dest_address)
vm_task_t target_task;
vm_address_t source_address;
vm_size_t count;
vm_address_t dest_address;
ARGUMENTS
target_task Task whose virtual memory is to be affected.
source_address Address in
target_task of the start of the source
range (must be a page boundary).
count Number of bytes to copy
(must be an integral number
of pages).
dest_address Address in
target_task of the start of the
destination range (must be a page boundary).
DESCRIPTION
vm_copy causes the source memory range to be copied to the
destination address; the destination region may not overlap
the
source region. The destination address range must already be
allocated and writable; the source range must be
readable.
DIAGNOSTICS
KERN_SUCCESS Memory copied.
KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT Either the
address does not start on
a page boundary or the size is not an
integral number of pages.
KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE Either
the destination region was not
not writable, or the source region
was not readable.
KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS Illegal or
non-allocated address
specified or insufficient memory
allocated at one of the addresses.
SEE ALSO
vm_protect(2), vm_write(2), vm_statistics(2)