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From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To:     Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
        =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
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        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] nbd: automatically load module on genl access
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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:37:59 -0600
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:29:35 +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Add a module alias to nbd.ko that allows the generic netlink core to
> automatically load the module when netlink messages for nbd are
> received.
> 
> This frees the user from manually having to load the module before using
> nbd functionality via netlink.
> If the system policy allows it this can even be used to load the nbd
> module from containers which would otherwise not have access to the
> necessary module files to do a normal "modprobe nbd".
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] nbd: automatically load module on genl access
      commit: 82e37f43c37845b69955a0dfa5e0d1a2a830bdb7

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe