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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH delete_module 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH delete_module 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
delete_module \- unload a kernel module
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Standard C library
.BR "#include <fcntl.h>" " /* Definition of " O_* " constants */"
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int syscall(SYS_delete_module, const char *" name ", unsigned int " flags );
.fi
-.PP
+.P
.IR Note :
glibc provides no wrapper for
.BR delete_module (),
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The
argument is used to modify the behavior of the system call,
as described below.
This system call requires privilege.
-.PP
+.P
Module removal is attempted according to the following rules:
.IP (1) 5
If there are other loaded modules that depend on
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ until the reference count is zero, at which point the call unblocks.
The module is unloaded in the usual way.
.RE
.RE
-.PP
+.P
The
.B O_TRUNC
flag has one further effect on the rules described above.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function, then an attempt to remove the module fails.
However, if
.B O_TRUNC
was specified, this requirement is bypassed.
-.PP
+.P
Using the
.B O_TRUNC
flag is dangerous!
@@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ alternatively, you can invoke the system call using
.BR syscall (2).
.SS Linux 2.4 and earlier
In Linux 2.4 and earlier, the system call took only one argument:
-.PP
+.P
.BI " int delete_module(const char *" name );
-.PP
+.P
If
.I name
is NULL, all unused modules marked auto-clean are removed.
-.PP
+.P
Some further details of differences in the behavior of
.BR delete_module ()
in Linux 2.4 and earlier are