Instead of forcing the user to manually load the module do it
automatically.
For example this avoids the following error when using nbd-client:
$ nbd-client localhost 10809 /dev/nbd0
...
Error: Couldn't resolve the nbd netlink family, make sure the nbd module is loaded and your nbd driver supports the netlink interface.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]>
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Changes in v2:
- Expand Cc list to get some reviews
- Add concrete commit example to commit message
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
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drivers/block/nbd.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 65ecde3e2a5b..8632dbacd2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -2335,6 +2335,7 @@ 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)
{
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base-commit: f1fcbaa18b28dec10281551dfe6ed3a3ed80e3d6
change-id: 20230223-b4-nbd-genl-3a74ca638686
Best regards,
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Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]>