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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/delete_module.2')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/delete_module.2 b/man2/delete_module.2 index a909729..bbee49b 100644 --- a/man2/delete_module.2 +++ b/man2/delete_module.2 @@ -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 |