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NAME

moduload — unload a kernel module on demand

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/mod.h> int moduload(long module_id);

DESCRIPTION

moduload allows users with appropriate privilege to demand unload one or all unloadable modules from the running kernel. A module is considered unloadable if it is not currently in use, if no module depending on it is currently loaded, and if the module is not being loaded or unloaded from the kernel. If module_id is set to 0 (zero), moduload attempts to unload all unloadable modules, otherwise moduload attempts to unload the module specified by module_id.

NOTES

moduload is currently implemented as a macro.

RETURN VALUE

On success, moduload returns 0, otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

moduload fails if one or more of the following are true:

[EINVAL]

module_id does not correspond to any valid currently loaded kernel module.

[EPERM]

The calling process does not have appropriate privilege.

[EBUSY]

There are outstanding references to the module, or modules that depend on this module are currently loaded, or profiling is enabled, or the module is in the process of being loaded or unloaded from the kernel.

[ENOSYS]

The Dynamically Loadable Kernel Module feature is not initialized.

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