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- /* Functions for the Linux module syscall interface.
- Copyright 1996, 1997 Linux International.
- Contributed by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
-
- This file is part of the Linux modutils.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
- Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
- option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
-
- #ident "$Id: sys_cm.c,v 1.1.1.1 1998/01/06 20:51:08 ewt Exp $"
-
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <errno.h>
-
- #include "module.h"
-
- /* Kernel headers before 2.1.mumble need this on the Alpha to get
- _syscall* defined. */
- #define __LIBRARY__
-
- #include <asm/unistd.h>
-
-
- /*======================================================================*/
-
- #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__m68k__)
-
- #define __NR__create_module __NR_create_module
- static inline _syscall2(long, _create_module, const char *, name, size_t, size)
-
- unsigned long create_module(const char *name, size_t size)
- {
- /* Why all this fuss?
-
- In linux 2.1, the address returned by create module point in
- kernel space which is now mapped at the top of user space (at
- 0xc0000000 on i386). This looks like a negative number for a
- long. The normal syscall macro of linux 2.0 (and all libc compile
- with linux 2.0 or below) consider that the return value is a
- negative number and consider it is an error number (A kernel
- convention, return value are positive or negative, indicating the
- error number).
-
- By checking the value of errno, we know if we have been fooled by
- the syscall2 macro and we fix it. */
-
- long ret = _create_module(name, size);
- if (ret == -1 && errno > 125)
- {
- ret = -errno;
- errno = 0;
- }
- return ret;
- }
-
- #elif defined(__alpha__)
-
- /* Alpha doesn't have the same problem, exactly, but a bug in older
- kernels fails to clear the error flag. Clear it here explicitly. */
-
- #define __NR__create_module __NR_create_module
- static inline _syscall4(unsigned long, _create_module, const char *, name,
- size_t, size, size_t, dummy, size_t, err);
-
- unsigned long create_module(const char *name, size_t size)
- {
- return _create_module(name, size, 0, 0);
- }
-
- #else
-
- /* Sparc, MIPS, (and Alpha, but that's another problem) don't mistake
- return values for errors due to the nature of the system call. */
-
- _syscall2(unsigned long, create_module, const char *, name, size_t, size)
-
- #endif
-