* [PATCH net] macsec: add genl family module alias
@ 2017-08-22 13:36 Sabrina Dubroca
2017-08-22 21:26 ` David Miller
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From: Sabrina Dubroca @ 2017-08-22 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: Sabrina Dubroca
This helps tools such as wpa_supplicant can start even if the macsec
module isn't loaded yet.
Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
---
I think this should go to stable as well.
drivers/net/macsec.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 5e1ab1160856..98e4deaa3a6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@ module_init(macsec_init);
module_exit(macsec_exit);
MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("macsec");
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY("macsec");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MACsec IEEE 802.1AE");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.14.1
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