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CREATE_MODULE(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual          CREATE_MODULE(2)

NAME
       create_module - create a loadable module entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include <linux/module.h>

       caddr_t create_module(const char *name, size_t size);

       Note:  No declaration of this system call is provided in glibc headers;
       see NOTES.

DESCRIPTION
       Note: This system call is present only in kernels before Linux 2.6.

       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 in-
              formation.

       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
              (e.g., the kernel is version 2.6 or later).

       EPERM  The caller was not privileged (did not have  the  CAP_SYS_MODULE
              capability).

VERSIONS
       This  system  call is present on Linux only up until kernel 2.4; it was
       removed in Linux 2.6.

CONFORMING TO
       create_module() is Linux-specific.

NOTES
       This obsolete system call is not supported by glibc.  No declaration is
       provided  in glibc headers, but, through a quirk of history, glibc ver-
       sions before 2.23 did export an ABI for this system  call.   Therefore,
       in  order to employ this system call, it was sufficient to manually de-
       clare the interface in your code; alternatively, you could  invoke  the
       system call using syscall(2).

SEE ALSO
       delete_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2)

COLOPHON
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Linux                             2017-09-15                  CREATE_MODULE(2)
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