Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- 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
