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IOPERM(2) Linux Programmer's Manual IOPERM(2)
ioperm - set port input/output permissions
#include <unistd.h> /* for libc5 */
#include <sys/io.h> /* for glibc */
int ioperm(unsigned long from, unsigned long num, int turn_on);
ioperm() sets the port access permission bits for the calling process for num
bytes starting from port address from to the value turn_on. If turn_on is
non-zero, the calling process must be privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO).
Only the first 0x3ff I/O ports can be specified in this manner. For more
ports, the iopl(2) system call must be used.
Permissions are not inherited by the child created by fork(2). Permissions
are preserved across execve(2); this is useful for giving port access
permissions to non-privileged programs.
This call is mostly for the i386 architecture. On many other architectures it
does not exist or will always return an error.
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
appropriately.
EINVAL Invalid values for from or num.
EIO (on PowerPC) This call is not supported.
ENOMEM Out of memory.
EPERM The calling process has insufficient privilege.
ioperm() is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs intended to be
portable.
Libc5 treats it as a system call and has a prototype in <unistd.h>. Glibc1
does not have a prototype. Glibc2 has a prototype both in <sys/io.h> and in
<sys/perm.h>. Avoid the latter, it is available on i386 only.
iopl(2), capabilities(7)
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Linux 2007-06-15 IOPERM(2)