KLDFIND(2)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is the KLDFIND(2) page from the System Calls Manual, and the main character is kldfind — it returns the fileid of a kld file. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 LIBRARY 🌸

it lives in the Standard C Library (libc, -lc). slay. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/linker.h>

int
kldfind(const char *file);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, the kldfind() system call returns the fileid of the kld file referenced by file. literally that's it — it's giving “look up the id, no extra drama”. 🫶

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

kldfind() returns the fileid of the kld file referenced by file. upon error, kldfind() returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error. periodt. 😭

💀 ERRORS 💀

errno is set to the following if kldfind() 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.

no cap, ENOENT is the “bestie, that file isn't loaded in the kernel” error. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go bother these other pages when you're done:

• kldfirstmod(2)
• kldload(2)
• kldnext(2)
• kldstat(2)
• kldsym(2)
• kldunload(2)
• modfind(2)
• modfnext(2)
• modnext(2)
• modstat(2)
• kld(4)
• kldstat(8)

👑 HISTORY 👑

the kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0. iconic behavior. 🌈

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mwah 💋 — this page is from Debian, dated March 3, 1999, and it's the KLDFIND(2) page. go off, bestie. 🎀✨