__scoped_user_access_begin(9)

🦋 __scoped_user_access_begin(9) 🦋

okay so this one is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it is so niche but we move 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

__scoped_user_access_begin — start a scoped user access ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

__scoped_user_access_begin (mode , uptr , size , elbl );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• mode — the mode of the access class, and the valid vibes are read, write, and rw 🫶
• uptr — the pointer to access user space memory, periodt 📍
• size — size of the access, bestie 📏
• elbl — the error label to goto when the access region is rejected — yes, that kind of label 😭

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Internal helper for __scoped_user_access. Don't use directly. no cap, hands off this one 🙈

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

Kernel file ./include/linux/uaccess.h, plus these iconic little references:

• __copy_to_user_inatomic(9)
• probe_subpage_writeable(9)
• copy_struct_from_user(9)
• copy_struct_to_user(9)
• get_kernel_nofault(9)
• __scoped_user_access(9)
• scoped_user_read_access_size(9)
• scoped_user_read_access(9)
• scoped_user_write_access_size(9)
• scoped_user_write_access(9)
• scoped_user_rw_access_size(9)
• scoped_user_rw_access(9)
• get_user_inline(9)
• put_user_inline(9)

byeee bestie 🫶 — source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026 ✨