freebsd-nq/lib/libc/sys/kldstat.2
John Birrell b7a2eb795c Add a BUGS section to note that mount/chroot changes since
a module was loaded might make the pathname inaccurate.

I wonder if an inode reference should be stored with the pathname
to allow a validity check?

Suggested by: rwatson@
2007-10-22 21:49:39 +00:00

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.Dd March 3, 1999
.Dt KLDSTAT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm kldstat
.Nd get status of kld file
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/linker.h
.Ft int
.Fn kldstat "int fileid" "struct kld_file_stat *stat"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn kldstat
system call writes the info for the file referred to by
.Fa fileid
into
.Fa stat .
.Bd -literal
struct kld_file_stat {
int version; /* set to sizeof(linker_file_stat) */
char name[MAXPATHLEN];
int refs;
int id;
caddr_t address; /* load address */
size_t size; /* size in bytes */
char pathname[MAXPATHLEN];
};
.Ed
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width XXXaddress
.It version
This field is set to the size of the structure mentioned above by the code
calling
.Fn kldstat ,
and not
.Fn kldstat
itself.
.It name
The name of the file referred to by
.Fa fileid .
.It refs
The number of modules referenced by
.Fa fileid .
.It id
The id of the file specified in
.Fa fileid .
.It address
The load address of the kld file.
.It size
The size of the file.
.It pathname
The full name of the file referred to by
.Fa fileid ,
including the path.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std kldstat
.Sh ERRORS
The information for the file referred to by
.Fa fileid
is filled into the structure pointed to by
.Fa stat
unless:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er ENOENT
The file was not found (probably not loaded).
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The version specified in the
.Fa version
field of stat is not the proper version.
You would need to rebuild world, the
kernel, or your application, if this error occurs, given that you did properly
fill in the
.Fa version
field.
.It Bq Er EFAULT
There was a problem copying one, some, or all of the fields into
.Fa stat
in the
.Xr copyout 9
function.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kldfind 2 ,
.Xr kldfirstmod 2 ,
.Xr kldload 2 ,
.Xr kldnext 2 ,
.Xr kldsym 2 ,
.Xr kldunload 2 ,
.Xr modfind 2 ,
.Xr modfnext 2 ,
.Xr modnext 2 ,
.Xr modstat 2 ,
.Xr kld 4 ,
.Xr kldstat 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm kld
interface first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
.Sh BUGS
The pathname many not be accurate if the file system mounts have
changed since the module was loaded, or if this function is called
within a chrooted environment.