module_exit(9)

💅 module_exit(9) — driver exit entry point 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the module_exit(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. This is literally the exit-entry-point lore: it's giving “how does my driver say bye?” energy. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

module_exit — driver exit entry point

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

module_exit (x );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• x — function to be run when driver is removed

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: 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. no cap. zero.

There can only be one per module. one. singular. the main character only. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./include/linux/module.h — and these besties:

• module_init(9)
• struct klp_modinfo(9)
• try_module_get(9)
• module_put(9)

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💋 mwah! this page comes from ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — catch you in the kernel, bestie 🫶