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create_module(2) [redhat man page]

CREATE_MODULE(2)					       Linux Module Support						  CREATE_MODULE(2)

NAME
create_module - create a loadable module entry SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/module.h> caddr_t create_module(const char *name, size_t size); DESCRIPTION
create_module attempts to create a loadable module entry and reserve the kernel memory that will be needed to hold the module. This system call is only open to the superuser. RETURN VALUE
On success, returns the kernel address at which the module will reside. On error -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EPERM The user is not the superuser. EEXIST A module by that name already exists. EINVAL The requested size is too small even for the module header information. ENOMEM The kernel could not allocate a contiguous block of memory large enough for the module. EFAULT name is outside the program's accessible address space. SEE ALSO
init_module(2), delete_module(2), query_module(2). Linux 26 Dec 1996 CREATE_MODULE(2)

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CREATE_MODULE(2)					     Linux Programmer's Manual						  CREATE_MODULE(2)

NAME
create_module - create a loadable module entry SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/module.h> caddr_t create_module(const char *name, size_t size); DESCRIPTION
create_module() attempts to create a loadable module entry and reserve the kernel memory that will be needed to hold the module. This sys- tem call requires privilege. RETURN VALUE
On success, returns the kernel address at which the module will reside. On error -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EEXIST A module by that name already exists. EFAULT name is outside the program's accessible address space. EINVAL The requested size is too small even for the module header information. ENOMEM The kernel could not allocate a contiguous block of memory large enough for the module. ENOSYS create_module() is not supported in this version of the kernel. EPERM The caller was not privileged (did not have the CAP_SYS_MODULE capability). VERSIONS
This system call is only present on Linux up until kernel 2.4; it was removed in Linux 2.6. CONFORMING TO
create_module() is Linux-specific. SEE ALSO
delete_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. Linux 2007-06-03 CREATE_MODULE(2)
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