[PATCH] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Thu Oct 21 2021 - 09:03:28 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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
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2.33.1