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+.\" Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
+.\" See the file COPYING in the top level source directory for details.
+.\"
+.TH DELETE_MODULE 2 "26 Dec 1996" Linux "Linux Module Support"
+.SH NAME
+delete_module \- delete a loadable module entry
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <linux/module.h>
+.sp
+.BI "int delete_module(const char *" name );
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B delete_module
+attempts to remove an unused loadable module entry.  If \fIname\fP
+is \fBNULL\fP, all unused modules marked auto-clean will be removed.
+This system call is only open to the superuser.
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+On success, zero is returned.  On error, \-1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP
+is set appropriately.
+.SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B EPERM
+The user is not the superuser.
+.TP
+.B ENOENT
+No module by that name exists.
+.TP
+.B EINVAL
+\fIname\fP was the empty string.
+.TP
+.B EBUSY
+The module is in use.
+.TP
+.B EFAULT
+.I name
+is outside the program's accessible address space.
+.SH "SEE ALSO
+.BR create_module "(2), " init_module "(2), " query_module "(2).