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diff --git a/man2/query_module.2 b/man2/query_module.2 index 17d4e4f721..489e4faa4c 100644 --- a/man2/query_module.2 +++ b/man2/query_module.2 @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ query_module \- query the kernel for various bits pertaining to modules .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 -.BR Note : +.IR Note : This system call is present only in kernels before Linux 2.6. .BR query_module () @@ -181,8 +181,14 @@ can be obtained from and the files under the directory .IR /sys/module . -Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; -in the unlikely event that you need to use it on an old kernel, use +The +.BR query_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). .SH SEE ALSO .BR create_module (2), |