.TH "inter_module_get" 9 "inter_module_get" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME inter_module_get \- return arbitrary userdata from another module. .SH SYNOPSIS .B "const void *" inter_module_get .BI "(const char *" im_name ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "im_name" 12 an arbitrary string to identify the data, must be unique .SH "DESCRIPTION" If the im_name has not been registered, return NULL. Try to increment the use count on the owning module, if that fails then return NULL. Otherwise return the userdata.