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Message-ID: <20230111164027.7oqg6zmkcpfitb3l@t-8ch.de>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:40:27 +0000
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, nbd@...er.debian.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nbd: automatically load module on genl access

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 06:24:38AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Instead of forcing the user to manually load the module do it
> automatically.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> ---
>  drivers/block/nbd.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
> index 5cffd96ef2d7..1c38a7ea9531 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
> @@ -2328,6 +2328,7 @@ static struct genl_family nbd_genl_family __ro_after_init = {
>  	.mcgrps		= nbd_mcast_grps,
>  	.n_mcgrps	= ARRAY_SIZE(nbd_mcast_grps),
>  };
> +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(NBD_GENL_FAMILY_NAME);
>  
>  static int populate_nbd_status(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct sk_buff *reply)
>  {
> 
> base-commit: f67dd6ce0723ad013395f20a3f79d8a437d3f455
> -- 
> 2.38.1
> 

Any feedback on the patch?

Thanks,
Thomas

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