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.\" Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
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.\" See the file COPYING in the top level source directory for details.
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.\"
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.\" 2006-02-09, some reformatting by Luc Van Oostenryck; some
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.\" reformatting and rewordings by mtk
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.\"
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.TH DELETE_MODULE 2 "2002" Linux "Linux Module Support"
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.SH NAME
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delete_module \- delete a loadable module entry
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <linux/module.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int delete_module(const char *" name );
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR delete_module ()
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attempts to remove an unused loadable module entry.
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If
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.I name
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is NULL,
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all unused modules marked auto-clean will be removed.
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This system call requires privilege.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success, zero is returned.
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On error, \-1 is returned and
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.I errno
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is set appropriately.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EBUSY
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The module is in use.
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.TP
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.B EFAULT
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.I name
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is outside the program's accessible address space.
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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.I name
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was an empty string.
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.TP
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.B ENOENT
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No module by that name exists.
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.TP
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.B EPERM
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The caller was not privileged
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(did not have the
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.B CAP_SYS_MODULE
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capability).
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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.BR delete_module ()
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is Linux specific.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR create_module (2),
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.BR init_module (2),
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.BR query_module (2)
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