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authorJulian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>2016-03-18 07:59:38 +0000
committerJulian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>2016-03-18 07:59:38 +0000
commitd52d61d0221173e730b3595e3681b1d0daf54662 (patch)
tree37fb404b3e9de3d2312b63d971906304fa57652d /share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
parent3501273dec917dd59159438121d943fdd962bb69 (diff)
Add a few details that make it easier to use this macro.
MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: Panzura inc
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=297012
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+++ b/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ A pointer to an
which saves the offset in
.Vt "struct sysent"
where the syscall is allocated.
+If the location pointed to by offset holds a non 0 number it will be used if possible.
+If it holds 0 then one will be assigned.
.It Fa new_sysent
is a pointer to a structure that specifies the function implementing
the syscall and the number of arguments this function needs (see
@@ -72,6 +74,17 @@ The argument passed to the callback functions of the
.Fa evh
event handler when it is called.
.El
+.Pp
+The syscall number assigned to the module can be retrieved using the
+.Xr modstat 3
+and
+.Xr modfind 3
+library functions in libc.
+The MACRO
+.Fn SYSCALL_MODULE_HELPER
+includes
+.Fn SYSCALL_MODULE
+and much of its boilerplate code.
.Sh EXAMPLES
A minimal example for a syscall module can be found in
.Pa /usr/share/examples/kld/syscall/module/syscall.c .