Use an explicit module softdep rather than a request module call such
that the dependency is exposed to userspace. This allows us to more
easily support modules loaded at initrd time.
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Remove request_module call as well, update description.
drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 14 ++------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
index 36d75c367d22..126991046eb7 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
@@ -422,18 +422,7 @@ int mdev_device_remove(struct device *dev, bool force_remove)
static int __init mdev_init(void)
{
- int ret;
-
- ret = mdev_bus_register();
-
- /*
- * Attempt to load known vfio_mdev. This gives us a working environment
- * without the user needing to explicitly load vfio_mdev driver.
- */
- if (!ret)
- request_module_nowait("vfio_mdev");
-
- return ret;
+ return mdev_bus_register();
}
static void __exit mdev_exit(void)
@@ -451,3 +440,4 @@ static void __exit mdev_exit(void)
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("post: vfio_mdev");
