modfind(2) on freebsd

Usage

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <sys/module.h>

int

modfind(const char *modname);

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Overview

The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname.

Return values

The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname. Upon error, modfind() returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

Errors

errno is set to the following if modfind() fails:

[EFAULT]: The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
[ENOENT]: The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

Releases

67 releases since FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE; the text changed 37 times.

kldfind(2) returns the fileid of a kld file kldfirstmod(2) return first module id from the kld file specified kldload(2) load KLD files into the kernel kldnext(2) return the fileid of the next kld file kldstat(2) get status of kld file kldsym(2) look up address by symbol name in a KLD kldunload(2) unload kld files modfnext(2) return the modid of the next kernel module modnext(2) return the modid of the next kernel module modstat(2) get status of kernel module kld(4) dynamic kernel linker facility kldstat(8) display status of dynamic kernel linker

Referred to by

kldsym(2) look up address by symbol name in a KLD kldfind(2) returns the fileid of a kld file kldload(2) load KLD files into the kernel kldnext(2) return the fileid of the next kld file kldstat(2) get status of kld file modnext(2) return the modid of the next kernel module modstat(2) get status of kernel module modfnext(2) return the modid of the next kernel module kldunload(2) unload kld files kldfirstmod(2) return first module id from the kld file specified SYSCALL_MODULE(9) syscall kernel module declaration macro kldsym(2freebsd) look up address by symbol name in a KLD kldfind(2freebsd) returns the fileid of a kld file kldload(2freebsd) load KLD files into the kernel kldnext(2freebsd) return the fileid of the next kld file kldstat(2freebsd) get status of kld file modnext(2freebsd) return the modid of the next kernel module modstat(2freebsd) get status of kernel module modfnext(2freebsd) return the modid of the next kernel module kldunload(2freebsd) unload kld files kldunloadf(2) unload kld files kldunloadf(2freebsd) unload kld files kldfirstmod(2freebsd) return first module id from the kld file specified