Providing a "devname:kvm" module alias enables automatic loading of
the kvm module when /dev/kvm is opened.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 93444c4..3b597e5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1138,3 +1138,12 @@ static void __exit kvm_s390_exit(void)
module_init(kvm_s390_init);
module_exit(kvm_s390_exit);
+
+/*
+ * Enable autoloading of the kvm module.
+ * Note that we add the module alias here instead of virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+ * since x86 takes a different approach.
+ */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(KVM_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:kvm");
--
1.8.1.6
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