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author | Michal Koutný <[email protected]> | 2024-02-01 14:09:42 +0100 |
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committer | Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> | 2024-02-02 10:57:55 -0800 |
commit | 2c15a5aee2f32e341d1585fa1867eece76a1edb8 (patch) | |
tree | 2bd5ff1f5cc96cc16cf7454dccd16284676a7a72 /lib/string_helpers.c | |
parent | 241a94abcf465ba9363d93168da5ddd47002930f (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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