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authorMichal Koutný <[email protected]>2024-02-01 14:09:42 +0100
committerJakub Kicinski <[email protected]>2024-02-02 10:57:55 -0800
commit2c15a5aee2f32e341d1585fa1867eece76a1edb8 (patch)
tree2bd5ff1f5cc96cc16cf7454dccd16284676a7a72 /lib/string_helpers.c
parent241a94abcf465ba9363d93168da5ddd47002930f (diff)
net/sched: Load modules via their alias
The cls_,sch_,act_ modules may be loaded lazily during network configuration but without user's awareness and control. Switch the lazy loading from canonical module names to a module alias. This allows finer control over lazy loading, the precedent from commit 7f78e0351394 ("fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules.") explains it already: Using aliases means user space can control the policy of which filesystem^W net/sched modules are auto-loaded by editing /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf with blacklist and alias directives. Allowing simple, safe, well understood work-arounds to known problematic software. By default, nothing changes. However, if a specific module is blacklisted (its canonical name), it won't be modprobe'd when requested under its alias (i.e. kernel auto-loading). It would appear as if the given module was unknown. The module can still be loaded under its canonical name, which is an explicit (privileged) user action. Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <[email protected]> Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
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