DELETE_MODULE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 2006-02-09
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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 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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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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