On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 09:29:35PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > Add a module alias to nbd.ko that allows the generic netlink core to > automatically load the module when netlink messages for nbd are > received. > > This frees the user from manually having to load the module before using > nbd functionality via netlink. > If the system policy allows it this can even be used to load the nbd > module from containers which would otherwise not have access to the > necessary module files to do a normal "modprobe nbd". > > 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> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Josef
