CLEAR_USER(9) Memory Management in Linux CLEAR_USER(9)NAMEclear_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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