linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:24:34 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
cc:     Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        coreteam@...filter.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access


	Hello,

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:

> The kernel provides the functionality to automatically load modules
> providing genl families. Use this to remove the need for users to
> manually load the module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>

	Looks good to me for -next tree, thanks!

Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>

> ---
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
> index 29ec3ef63edc..0ff94c66641f 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
> @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
>  
>  #include <net/ip_vs.h>
>  
> +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(IPVS_GENL_NAME);
> +
>  /* semaphore for IPVS sockopts. And, [gs]etsockopt may sleep. */
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(__ip_vs_mutex);
>  
> 
> base-commit: d9aaaf223297f6146d9d7f36caca927c92ab855a
> -- 
> 2.33.1

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>