DELETE_MODULE
Section: Linux Module Support (2)
Updated: 26 Dec 1996
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NAME
delete_module - delete a loadable module entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/module.h>
int delete_module(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
delete_module
attempts to remove an unused loadable module entry. If name
is NULL, all unused modules marked auto-clean will be removed.
This system call is only open to the superuser.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned and errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EPERM
-
The user is not the superuser.
- ENOENT
-
No module by that name exists.
- EINVAL
-
name was the empty string.
- EBUSY
-
The module is in use.
- EFAULT
-
name
is outside the program's accessible address space.
SEE ALSO
create_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2).
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