kmod/libkmod
Tobias Stoeckmann 2b47598178 shared: let strbuf_str never fail
The strbuf functionality is always used to create C strings, so already
reserve an extra byte for NUL whenever size allocations occur.

Together with the fact that strbuf_str already returns a const char *,
an empty strbuf may return an unmodifiable empty string.

This renders all strbuf_str return value checks obsolete.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@stoeckmann.org>
Link: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/pull/296
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
2025-03-06 22:57:37 -06:00
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libkmod - linux kernel module handling library

ABSTRACT
========

libkmod was created to allow programs to easily insert, remove and
list modules, also checking its properties, dependencies and aliases.

there is no shared/global context information and it can be used by
multiple sites on a single program, also being able to be used from
threads, although it's not thread safe (you must lock explicitly).


OVERVIEW
========

Every user should create and manage it's own library context with:

   struct kmod_ctx *ctx = kmod_new(kernel_dirname);
   kmod_unref(ctx);


Modules can be created by various means:

   struct kmod_module *mod;
   int err;

   err = kmod_module_new_from_path(ctx, path, &mod);
   if (err < 0) {
      /* code */
   } else {
      /* code */
      kmod_module_unref(mod);
   }

   err = kmod_module_new_from_name(ctx, name, &mod);
   if (err < 0) {
      /* code */
   } else {
      /* code */
      kmod_module_unref(mod);
   }


Or could be resolved from a known alias to a list of alternatives:

   struct kmod_list *list, *itr;
   int err;
   err = kmod_module_new_from_lookup(ctx, alias, &list);
   if (err < 0) {
      /* code */
   } else {
      kmod_list_foreach(itr, list) {
         struct kmod_module *mod = kmod_module_get_module(itr);
         /* code */
      }
   }