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 <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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/20221110052438.2188-1-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ --- 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) { --- base-commit: f1fcbaa18b28dec10281551dfe6ed3a3ed80e3d6 change-id: 20230223-b4-nbd-genl-3a74ca638686 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
