[PATCH] 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>
---
 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

	Hello,

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:

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>

	Looks good to me for -next tree, thanks!

Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov [off-list ref]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 09:24:34PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:

	Hello,

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:

quoted

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>

	Looks good to me for -next tree, thanks!

Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>

Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 03:02:55PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:

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.

Applied, thanks