netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access

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Message-Id: <20211101221528.236114-3-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date:   Mon,  1 Nov 2021 23:15:28 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access

From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>

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>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 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);
 
-- 
2.30.2