KLDFIND(2)

💖 KLDFIND(2) 💖

okay so bestie, this page is from the System Calls Manual, section 2, and it's all about kldfind. no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

kldfind — returns the fileid of a kld file 🫶

📚 LIBRARY 📚

this one lives in the Standard C Library (libc, -lc). periodt. ✨

🪄 SYNOPSIS 🪄

here's the exact summoning code, copy it character for character, bestie:

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/linker.h>

int
kldfind(const char *file);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The kldfind() system call returns the fileid of the kld file referenced by file. that's it. it's giving very focused, very main character. 💖

🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

The kldfind() system call returns the fileid of the kld file referenced by file. Upon error, kldfind() returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error. so if it's not slaying, it's -1 and errno tells you why. 😭

💀 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. 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, bestie, they're the friend group:

• 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. ⭐

source/version: Debian; date: March 3, 1999; page: KLDFIND(2). bye bestie 💅✨