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commit41b1798768c1d65796b9d9092a60541c49d5daa1[log] [tgz]
authorEmil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>Fri Jun 13 17:45:34 2025 +0100
committerLucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>Mon Jun 16 07:37:42 2025 -0500
tree5264833dce88b6ec41560220c6bc414c8f7fe879
parentac4a65b029206daba797ce54f8fc583595dd5db5 [diff]
testsuite: remove exit() calls from main()

There is no particular reason for us to use exit(), so just avoid it.

As result, the only instances using of exit() are within the child
process and our cleanup is complete :-)

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/pull/371
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
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README.md

kmod - Linux kernel module handling

OVERVIEW

kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux kernel modules like insert, remove, list, check properties, resolve dependencies and aliases.

These tools are designed on top of libkmod, a library that is shipped with kmod. See libkmod/README for more details on this library and how to use it. The aim is to be compatible with tools, configurations and indexes from module-init-tools project.

Links

Compilation and installation

In order to compile the source code you need:

  • C11 compiler, supporting a range of GNU extensions - GCC 8+, Clang 6+
  • POSIX.1-2008 C runtime library - Bionic, GNU C library, musl

Optional dependencies, required with the default build configuration:

  • ZLIB library
  • LZMA library
  • ZSTD library
  • OPENSSL library (signature handling in modinfo)

Typical configuration and installation

meson setup builddir/
meson compile -C builddir/
sudo meson install -C builddir/

For end-user and distributions builds, it's recommended to use:

meson setup --buildtype release builddir/

Hacking

When working on kmod, use the included build-dev.ini file, as:

meson setup --native-file build-dev.ini builddir/

Make sure to read our contributing guide and the other READMEs: libkmod and testsuite.

Compatibility with module-init-tools

kmod replaced module-init-tools, which was EOL'ed in 2011. All the tools were rewritten on top of libkmod and they can be used as drop in replacements. Along the years there were a few behavior changes and new features implemented, following feedback from Linux kernel community and distros.