get_user — Get a simple variable from user space.
get_user ( x, ptr);
This macro copies a single simple variable from user space to kernel space. It supports simple types like char and int, but not larger data types like structures or arrays.
ptr must have pointer-to-simple-variable type, and the result of
dereferencing ptr must be assignable to x without a cast.
Returns zero on success, or -EFAULT on error.
On error, the variable x is set to zero.