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.

COLOPHON

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