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vfio/mdev: Use a module softdep for vfio_mdev 

Use an explicit module softdep rather than a request module call such
that the dependency is exposed to userspace.  This allows us to more
easily support modules loaded at initrd time.

Reviewed by: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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Alex Williamson 2017-02-08 13:13:25 -07:00
parent d88423f784
commit f790eb57e6
1 changed files with 2 additions and 12 deletions
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drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
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@ -422,18 +422,7 @@ int mdev_device_remove(struct device *dev, bool force_remove)
static int __init mdev_init(void)
{
int ret;
ret = mdev_bus_register();
/*
* Attempt to load known vfio_mdev. This gives us a working environment
* without the user needing to explicitly load vfio_mdev driver.
*/
if (!ret)
request_module_nowait("vfio_mdev");
return ret;
return mdev_bus_register();
}
static void __exit mdev_exit(void)
@ -451,3 +440,4 @@ MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
MODULE_SOFTDEP("post: vfio_mdev");