DELETE_MODULE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual 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 requires privilege.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
EBUSY The module is in use.
EFAULT name is outside the program's accessible address space.
EINVAL name was an empty string.
ENOENT No module by that name exists.
EPERM The caller was not privileged (did not have the CAP_SYS_MODULE capability).
CONFORMING TO
delete_module() is Linux-specific.
SEE ALSO
create_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2)
COLOPHON
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Linux 2006-02-09 DELETE_MODULE(2)
