linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 04/78] macsec: add genl family module alias

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:11:13 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 04/78] macsec: add genl family module alias

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>


[ Upstream commit 78362998f58c7c271e2719dcd0aaced435c801f9 ]

This helps tools such as wpa_supplicant can start even if the macsec
module isn't loaded yet.

Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/macsec.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3510,6 +3510,7 @@ module_init(macsec_init);
 module_exit(macsec_exit);
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("macsec");
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY("macsec");
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MACsec IEEE 802.1AE");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");