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+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+/* used for kmalloc */
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <debug.h>
+
+char *debugmsg = "Tesla coil is a hi freq transformer";
+struct dentry *debug_dir = NULL;
+struct dentry *debug_file = NULL;
+
+/* __init is a hint that the func is only used at initialization time, then module
+ * loader drops the function after module is loaded making its memory available for other uses
+ */
+static int __init hello_init(void)
+{
+ int err = 0;
+ char *msg = (char *) kmalloc_array(128, sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL /* kernel ram */);
+
+ printk("module named hello inserted\n");
+ strcpy(msg, "photon is the energy carrier particle for EM waves within light spectrum");
+ printk("%s\n", msg);
+ kfree(msg);
+
+ /* modifies passed in ptrs */
+ err = debug_init(&debug_dir, &debug_file);
+ if (err)
+ printk("debugfs might not have been mounted\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit hello_exit(void)
+{
+ debug_destroy(debug_dir, debug_file);
+ printk("module named hello removed\n");
+}
+
+module_init(hello_init);
+module_exit(hello_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+