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

delete_module - delete a loadable module entry

#include <linux/module.h>

int delete_module(const char *name);

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.

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.

The module is in use.
name is outside the program's accessible address space.
name was an empty string.
No module by that name exists.
The caller was not privileged (did not have the CAP_SYS_MODULE capability).

delete_module() is Linux-specific.

create_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2)

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2006-02-09 Linux

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