Chapter 8. Module Support

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Module Loading
Inter Module support

Module Loading

__request_module — try to load a kernel module
usermodehelper_is_disabled — check if new helpers are allowed to be started
call_usermodehelper_setup — prepare to call a usermode helper
call_usermodehelper_setkeys — set the session keys for usermode helper
call_usermodehelper_setcleanup — set a cleanup function
call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe — set up a pipe to be used for stdin
call_usermodehelper_exec — start a usermode application
call_usermodehelper_pipe — call a usermode helper process with a pipe stdin