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26.Dd March 28, 2012
27.Dt KLDSTAT 2
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm kldstat
31.Nd get status of kld file
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/linker.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn kldstat "int fileid" "struct kld_file_stat *stat"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn kldstat
42system call writes the info for the file referred to by
43.Fa fileid
44into
45.Fa stat .
46.Bd -literal
47struct kld_file_stat {
48	int         version;    /* set to sizeof(struct kld_file_stat) */
49	char        name[MAXPATHLEN];
50	int         refs;
51	int         id;
52	caddr_t     address;
53	size_t      size;
54	char        pathname[MAXPATHLEN];
55};
56.Ed
57.Bl -tag -width XXXaddress
58.It version
59This field is set to the size of the structure mentioned above by the code
60calling
61.Fn kldstat ,
62and not
63.Fn kldstat
64itself.
65.It name
66The name of the file referred to by
67.Fa fileid .
68.It refs
69The number of modules referenced by
70.Fa fileid .
71.It id
72The id of the file specified in
73.Fa fileid .
74.It address
75The load address of the kld file.
76.It size
77The amount of memory in bytes allocated by the file.
78.It pathname
79The full name of the file referred to by
80.Fa fileid ,
81including the path.
82.El
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84.Rv -std kldstat
85.Sh ERRORS
86The information for the file referred to by
87.Fa fileid
88is filled into the structure pointed to by
89.Fa stat
90unless:
91.Bl -tag -width Er
92.It Bq Er ENOENT
93The file was not found (probably not loaded).
94.It Bq Er EINVAL
95The version specified in the
96.Fa version
97field of stat is not the proper version.
98You would need to rebuild world, the
99kernel, or your application, if this error occurs, given that you did properly
100fill in the
101.Fa version
102field.
103.It Bq Er EFAULT
104There was a problem copying one, some, or all of the fields into
105.Fa stat
106in the
107.Xr copyout 9
108function.
109.El
110.Sh SEE ALSO
111.Xr kldfind 2 ,
112.Xr kldfirstmod 2 ,
113.Xr kldload 2 ,
114.Xr kldnext 2 ,
115.Xr kldsym 2 ,
116.Xr kldunload 2 ,
117.Xr modfind 2 ,
118.Xr modfnext 2 ,
119.Xr modnext 2 ,
120.Xr modstat 2 ,
121.Xr kld 4 ,
122.Xr kldstat 8
123.Sh HISTORY
124The
125.Nm kld
126interface first appeared in
127.Fx 3.0 .
128.Sh BUGS
129The pathname may not be accurate if the file system mounts have
130changed since the module was loaded, or if this function is called
131within a chrooted environment.
132