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26.Dd July 15, 2008
27.Dt MODSTAT 2
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm modstat
31.Nd get status of kernel module
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/module.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn modstat "int modid" "struct module_stat *stat"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn modstat
42system call writes the info for the kernel module referred to by
43.Fa modid
44into
45.Fa stat .
46.Bd -literal
47struct module_stat {
48	int         version;        /* set to sizeof(module_stat) */
49	char        name[MAXMODNAME];
50	int         refs;
51	int         id;
52	modspecific_t data;
53};
54typedef union modspecific {
55	int         intval;
56	u_int       uintval;
57	long        longval;
58	u_long      ulongval;
59} modspecific_t;
60.Ed
61.Bl -tag -width XXXaddress
62.It version
63This field is set to the size of the structure mentioned above by the code
64calling
65.Fn modstat ,
66and not
67.Fn modstat
68itself.
69.It name
70The name of the module referred to by
71.Fa modid .
72.It refs
73The number of modules referenced by
74.Fa modid .
75.It id
76The id of the module specified in
77.Fa modid .
78.It data
79Module specific data.
80.El
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82.Rv -std modstat
83.Sh ERRORS
84The information for the module referred to by
85.Fa modid
86is filled into the structure pointed to by
87.Fa stat
88unless:
89.Bl -tag -width Er
90.It Bq Er ENOENT
91The module was not found (probably not loaded).
92.It Bq Er EINVAL
93The version specified in the
94.Fa version
95field of stat is not the proper version.
96You would need to rebuild world, the
97kernel, or your application, if this error occurs, given that you did properly
98fill in the
99.Fa version
100field.
101.It Bq Er EFAULT
102There was a problem copying one, some, or all of the fields into
103.Fa stat
104in the
105.Xr copyout 9
106function.
107.El
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Xr kldfind 2 ,
110.Xr kldfirstmod 2 ,
111.Xr kldload 2 ,
112.Xr kldnext 2 ,
113.Xr kldstat 2 ,
114.Xr kldsym 2 ,
115.Xr kldunload 2 ,
116.Xr modfind 2 ,
117.Xr modfnext 2 ,
118.Xr modnext 2 ,
119.Xr kld 4 ,
120.Xr kldstat 8
121.Sh HISTORY
122The
123.Nm kld
124interface first appeared in
125.Fx 3.0 .
126