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-.\" Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.\"
-.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
-.\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
-.\" %%%LICENSE_END
-.\"
-.\" 2006-02-09, some reformatting by Luc Van Oostenryck; some
-.\" reformatting and rewordings by mtk
-.\"
-.TH CREATE_MODULE 2 2014-05-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
-.SH NAME
-create_module \- create a loadable module entry
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.B #include <linux/module.h>
-.sp
-.BI "caddr_t create_module(const char *" name ", size_t " size );
-.fi
-
-.IR Note :
-No declaration of this function is provided in glibc headers; see NOTES.
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.IR Note :
-This system call is present only in kernels before Linux 2.6.
-
-.BR create_module ()
-attempts to create a loadable module entry and reserve the kernel memory
-that will be needed to hold the module.
-This system call requires privilege.
-.SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, returns the kernel address at which the module will reside.
-On error, \-1 is returned and
-.I errno
-is set appropriately.
-.SH ERRORS
-.TP
-.B EEXIST
-A module by that name already exists.
-.TP
-.B EFAULT
-.I name
-is outside the program's accessible address space.
-.TP
-.B EINVAL
-The requested size is too small even for the module header information.
-.TP
-.B ENOMEM
-The kernel could not allocate a contiguous block of memory large
-enough for the module.
-.TP
-.B ENOSYS
-.BR create_module ()
-is not supported in this version of the kernel
-(e.g., the kernel is version 2.6 or later).
-.TP
-.B EPERM
-The caller was not privileged
-(did not have the
-.B CAP_SYS_MODULE
-capability).
-.SH VERSIONS
-This system call is present on Linux only up until kernel 2.4;
-it was removed in Linux 2.6.
-.\" Removed in Linux 2.5.48
-.SH CONFORMING TO
-.BR create_module ()
-is Linux-specific.
-.SH NOTES
-The
-.BR create_module ()
-system call is not supported by glibc.
-No declaration is provided in glibc headers, but,
-through a quirk of history, glibc does export an ABI for this system call.
-Therefore, in order to employ this system call,
-it is sufficient to manually declare the interface in your code;
-alternatively, you can invoke the system call using
-.BR syscall (2).
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR delete_module (2),
-.BR init_module (2),
-.BR query_module (2)
-.SH COLOPHON
-This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
-.I man-pages
-project.
-A description of the project,
-information about reporting bugs,
-and the latest version of this page,
-can be found at
-\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.