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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Subject: [RFC v3 16/17] init_module.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:25:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210313192526.350200-16-alx.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210214133907.157320-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 man2/init_module.2 | 21 ++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/init_module.2 b/man2/init_module.2
index 31229ea93..9bc2080a3 100644
--- a/man2/init_module.2
+++ b/man2/init_module.2
@@ -29,14 +29,22 @@
 init_module, finit_module \- load a kernel module
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
+.PP
 .BI "int init_module(void *" module_image ", unsigned long " len ,
-.BI "                const char *" param_values );
-.BI "int finit_module(int " fd ", const char *" param_values ,
-.BI "                 int " flags );
+.BI "            const char *" param_values );
+.PP
+.BR "#include <linux/module.h>" "    /* Definition of " MODULE_* " constants */"
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "     /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
+.B #include <unistd.h>
+.PP
+.BI "int syscall(SYS_finit_module, int " fd ", const char *" param_values ,
+.BI "            int " flags );
 .fi
 .PP
 .IR Note :
-There are no glibc wrappers for these system calls; see NOTES.
+No declaration of
+.BR init_module ()
+is provided in glibc headers; see NOTES.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR init_module ()
 loads an ELF image into kernel space,
@@ -268,11 +276,6 @@ manually declare the interface in your code;
 alternatively, you can invoke the system call using
 .BR syscall (2).
 .PP
-Glibc does not provide a wrapper for
-.BR finit_module ();
-call it using
-.BR syscall (2).
-.PP
 Information about currently loaded modules can be found in
 .IR /proc/modules
 and in the file trees under the per-module subdirectories under
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-13 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-14 13:39 [RFC] execve.2: SYNOPSIS: Document both glibc wrapper and kernel sycalls Alejandro Colomar
2021-02-18 12:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-02-18 14:01   ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-18 15:13     ` [RFC v2] " Alejandro Colomar
2021-02-19 12:39       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-02-19 12:56         ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-02-26 11:52           ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 00/17] man2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 01/17] access.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 02/17] alloc_hugepages.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 03/17] arch_prctl.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 04/17] arch_prctl.2: SYNOPSIS: Remove unused includes Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-15 18:00   ` AW: " Walter Harms
2021-03-16 16:50     ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 05/17] capget.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 06/17] clone.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 07/17] delete_module.2: wfix Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 08/17] epoll_wait.2: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 09/17] execveat.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 10/17] exit_group.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 11/17] futex.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 12/17] getdents.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 13/17] getunwind.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 14/17] get_robust_list.2: " Alejandro Colomar
2021-03-13 19:25 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2021-03-13 19:25 ` [RFC v3 17/17] ioprio_set.2: " Alejandro Colomar

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