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[PATCH] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access

To: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PATCH] ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access
Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:02:55 +0200
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
-- 
2.33.1


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