modfind — returns the modid of a kernel module

The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname.

errno is set to the following if modfind() fails: [EFAULT] The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space. [ENOENT] The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0. Debian September 28, 2000 MODFIND(2)

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

modfind — returns the modid of a kernel module

The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname. Upon error, modfind() returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

kldfind(2), kldfirstmod(2), kldload(2), kldnext(2), kldstat(2), kldsym(2), kldunload(2), modfnext(2), modnext(2), modstat(2), kld(4), kldstat(8)

#include<sys/param.h>#include<sys/module.h>intmodfind(constchar*modname);