On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 02:07:35PM +0100, Michal Kubecek wrote:

+static int __init ethnl_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = genl_register_family(&ethtool_genl_family);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		panic("ethtool: could not register genetlink family\n");

Hi Michal

Panic seems a bit strong. Do we really want to kill the box because
this fails?

     Andrew