delete_module (2)

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 is only open to the superuser.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

       EPERM  The user is not the superuser.

       ENOENT No module by that name exists.

       EINVAL name was the empty string.

       EBUSY  The module is in use.

       EFAULT name is outside the program's accessible address space.

SEE ALSO

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

Linux                             26 Dec 1996                 delete_module(2)