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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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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
SEE ALSO

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