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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)
