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Subject: [PATCH] nbd: automatically load module on genl access
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:24:38 +0100
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Instead of forcing the user to manually load the module do it
automatically.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 5cffd96ef2d7..1c38a7ea9531 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -2328,6 +2328,7 @@ static struct genl_family nbd_genl_family __ro_after_init = {
 	.mcgrps		= nbd_mcast_grps,
 	.n_mcgrps	= ARRAY_SIZE(nbd_mcast_grps),
 };
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(NBD_GENL_FAMILY_NAME);
 
 static int populate_nbd_status(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct sk_buff *reply)
 {

base-commit: f67dd6ce0723ad013395f20a3f79d8a437d3f455
-- 
2.38.1