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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/delete_module.2 b/man2/delete_module.2 index 12f738907b..3084a483f1 100644 --- a/man2/delete_module.2 +++ b/man2/delete_module.2 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ delete_module \- unload a kernel module .fi .IR Note : -There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES. +No declaration of this function is provided in glibc headers; see NOTES. .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR delete_module () @@ -173,7 +173,14 @@ was not specified in .BR delete_module () is Linux-specific. .SH NOTES -Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using +The +.BR delete_module () +system call is not suported 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). The uninterruptible sleep that may occur if |