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-rw-r--r--guix/build/syscalls.scm12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/syscalls.scm b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
index d1f3cd65c4..0529c228a5 100644
--- a/guix/build/syscalls.scm
+++ b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
@@ -578,6 +578,18 @@ constants from <sys/mount.h>."
(list cmd (strerror err))
(list err))))))
+(define-as-needed (load-linux-module data #:optional (options ""))
+ (let ((proc (syscall->procedure int "init_module"
+ (list '* unsigned-long '*))))
+ (let-values (((ret err)
+ (proc (bytevector->pointer data)
+ (bytevector-length data)
+ (string->pointer options))))
+ (unless (zero? ret)
+ (throw 'system-error "load-linux-module" "~A"
+ (list (strerror err))
+ (list err))))))
+
(define (kernel? pid)
"Return #t if PID designates a \"kernel thread\" rather than a normal
user-land process."