From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:02:55 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ipvs: autoload ipvs on genl access
X-Git-Tag: v5.16-rc1~50^2~73^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2199f562730dd1382946e0a2532afc38cd444129;p=linux-2.6-block.git

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@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---

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);