1DELETE_MODULE(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual          DELETE_MODULE(2)
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NAME

6       delete_module - delete a loadable module entry
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <linux/module.h>
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11       int delete_module(const char *name);
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DESCRIPTION

14       delete_module() attempts to remove an unused loadable module entry.  If
15       name is NULL, all unused modules marked  auto-clean  will  be  removed.
16       This system call requires privilege.
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RETURN VALUE

19       On  success,  zero  is returned.  On error, -1 is returned and errno is
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ERRORS

23       EBUSY  The module is in use.
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25       EFAULT name is outside the program's accessible address space.
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29       ENOENT No module by that name exists.
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CONFORMING TO

35       delete_module() is Linux-specific.
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SEE ALSO

38       create_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2)
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COLOPHON

41       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
42       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
43       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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47Linux                             2006-02-09                  DELETE_MODULE(2)
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