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28.Dd July 15, 2008
29.Dt MODSTAT 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm modstat
33.Nd get status of kernel module
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/param.h
38.In sys/module.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn modstat "int modid" "struct module_stat *stat"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn modstat
44system call writes the info for the kernel module referred to by
45.Fa modid
46into
47.Fa stat .
48.Bd -literal
49struct module_stat {
50	int         version;        /* set to sizeof(module_stat) */
51	char        name[MAXMODNAME];
52	int         refs;
53	int         id;
54	modspecific_t data;
55};
56typedef union modspecific {
57	int         intval;
58	u_int       uintval;
59	long        longval;
60	u_long      ulongval;
61} modspecific_t;
62.Ed
63.Bl -tag -width XXXaddress
64.It version
65This field is set to the size of the structure mentioned above by the code
66calling
67.Fn modstat ,
68and not
69.Fn modstat
70itself.
71.It name
72The name of the module referred to by
73.Fa modid .
74.It refs
75The number of modules referenced by
76.Fa modid .
77.It id
78The id of the module specified in
79.Fa modid .
80.It data
81Module specific data.
82.El
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84.Rv -std modstat
85.Sh ERRORS
86The information for the module referred to by
87.Fa modid
88is filled into the structure pointed to by
89.Fa stat
90unless:
91.Bl -tag -width Er
92.It Bq Er ENOENT
93The module 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 kldstat 2 ,
116.Xr kldsym 2 ,
117.Xr kldunload 2 ,
118.Xr modfind 2 ,
119.Xr modfnext 2 ,
120.Xr modnext 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