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 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 3.23 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/.

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