Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030212AbVIIQKq (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:10:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030218AbVIIQKq (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:10:46 -0400 Received: from smtp.dkm.cz ([62.24.64.34]:24586 "HELO smtp.dkm.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030212AbVIIQKq (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:10:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4321B404.1000400@rulez.cz> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:10:44 +0200 From: iSteve User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050602) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: query_modules syscall gone? Any replacement? References: <4321A40C.6080205@rulez.cz> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2798 Lines: 60 Drat, that's a pity, the interface seemed pretty neat and usable (from my rather linux-kernel-newbie point of view, anyway:), especially neater than parsing a file. Why did the query_module get removed, by the way? (I searched lkml, but lkml.org search on 'query module' or 'query_module' didn't really give me any relevant hits). - iSteve linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, iSteve wrote: > > >>Greetings, >> I'm coding an application that messes with modules a lot, and I've >>stumbled upon a query_modules syscall in my docs. Later I've found out >>that the docs come from modutils and that module-init-tools doesn't seem >>to document (any of) the syscalls. >> >> May I then ask, why is the query_module syscall gone? And more >>importantly, what replaces it, if anything? It seems to me that parsing >>the /proc/modules is not only less comfortable, but according to the >>very obsolete manpage I have, it also can provide less information. >> >> For exmaple I'm not aware of anything like QM_SYMBOLS on per-module >>basis like it was (do correct me if I am wrong, it'd simplify my work a >>lot), ... and getting QM_REFS for example requires extensive parsing of >>/proc/modules. >> >>Thanks in advance for reply. >> >> - iSteve > > > The newer modutils package doesn't use query_modules and calling > that function will return -ENOSYS in 'modern' kernels. The > latest modutils becomes very sparse because most of the module > functionality got moved into the kernel where it expanded, err,.. > don't get me started. Anyway, your user-mode interface is now > /proc/modules. It does provide a bit more information than > before, but as you noticed, it sucks^M^M^M^M^Mis not nice. > Have fun! > > Cheers, > Dick Johnson > Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13 on an i686 machine (5589.53 BogoMips). > Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. > . > I apologize for the following. I tried to kill it with the above dot : > > **************************************************************** > The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. > > Thank you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/