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

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:02:55 +0200
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>, Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
        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
Cc:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access

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>
---
 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