On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 10:33 AM Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 5:41 AM Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 05:37:37PM -0500, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What's speacial about the "tcf- '' that makes it work > > > better for filtering than existing "cls_" prefix? > > > > tcf-foo is an alias. > > cls_foo is the canonical name of the kernel module. > > > > request_module() + blacklist (as described in modprobe.d(5)) works only > > when calling with the alias. The actual string is not important, being > > an alias is the crux. > > > > Thanks for the explanation. > Out of curiosity - how did you end up looking at this? Was there someone who complained or is it just standard procedure to add aliases to all modules and it was on a todo list somewhere? cheers, jamal > > > What about actions (prefix "act_") etc? > > > > I focused only on "cls_" for the first iteration. Do you want me to look > > at other analogous loads? > > Yes, look at act_ and sch_ > > cheers, > jamal > > Thanks, > > Michal
