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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