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Which process is using a Linux kernel module?

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Mar 15, 202614286 views
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Problem

I am trying to run this command: But I get: How can I know which process(es) is/are using the nvidia module?

Error Output

# rmmod nvidia

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Fix for: Which process is using a Linux kernel module?

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There isn't a direct way that I know of to get the processes that are using a module. You can try to see all loaded kernel modules that are using a module. You can also try to see if the kernel logs have any clues as to which processes may be using …

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