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[net] macsec: add genl family module alias

Message ID dde846e6ac5c2bc4189c240be6ccaa54d3b60d5e.1503406499.git.sd@queasysnail.net
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Sabrina Dubroca Aug. 22, 2017, 1:36 p.m. UTC 
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>
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I think this should go to stable as well.

 drivers/net/macsec.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

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David Miller Aug. 22, 2017, 9:26 p.m. UTC | #1 
From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:36:08 +0200

> 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>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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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");