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DELETE_MODULE(2)					       Linux Module Support						  DELETE_MODULE(2)

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).

Linux								    26 Dec 1996 						  DELETE_MODULE(2)