Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964887AbVIMQww (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964893AbVIMQww (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:52 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:30692 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964887AbVIMQwp (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:52:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Randy.Dunlap" X-X-Sender: rddunlap@shark.he.net To: iSteve cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , "" Subject: Re: query_modules syscall gone? Any replacement? In-Reply-To: <4326FDA2.90808@rulez.cz> Message-ID: References: <4KSFY-2pO-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <4326DE0E.2060306@rulez.cz> <4326F093.80206@rulez.cz> <4326FDA2.90808@rulez.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1529 Lines: 45 On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, iSteve wrote: > >>I would like to be able to query symbols of a loaded module, get list of > >>and list of dependencies of loaded module from an app, preferably > >>without having to parse a file... > > > > > > No, no syscall to do that. Looks like it will require reading > > and parsing files. > > > > And you answered my "what" question clearly, so I have one more. > > Why? for what purpose, to what end? What are you tring to > > accomplish? > > The files so far provided still do not seem to give these informations > though... Right, I don't see dependency ("requires") info there, just "using" info. > Part of the project I'm working on -- click-click ui for handling > modules, with some perks: in this case, getting info about loaded > modules that I hoped to obtain via query_module. > > Oh, and one more question: There were no particular issues with > query_module, or were they? If there weren't, why wasn't it kept? I don't recall. You can try searching the lkml archives or asking Rusty Russell: MODULE SUPPORT P: Rusty Russell M: rusty@rustcorp.com.au L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained One quick search produced this, but it doesn't help you any: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108355087015676&w=2 -- ~Randy - 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/