module_exit(9)

module_exit9

Driver exit entry point

Usage

module_exit(x);

Arguments

x

function to be run when driver is removed

Overview

module_exit will wrap the driver clean-up code with cleanup_module when used with rmmod when the driver is a module. If the driver is statically compiled into the kernel, module_exit has no effect. There can only be one per module.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.