DELETE_MODULESection: Linux Module Support (2)Updated: 26 Dec 1996 |
NAME
delete_module - delete a loadable module entrySYNOPSIS
#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).