lwtunnel: autoload of lwt modules
authorRobert Shearman <rshearma@brocade.com>
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:43:16 +0000 (09:43 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 03:00:28 +0000 (22:00 -0500)
commit745041e2aaf1d668f293aaab4b0f6ad7daa056a5
tree74e23fcbb1a49a34efe08a4cdb2fa3ea910c3123
parente817af27e01f9294055a441d1034bbc353ee39d2
lwtunnel: autoload of lwt modules

The lwt implementations using net devices can autoload using the
existing mechanism using IFLA_INFO_KIND. However, there's no mechanism
that lwt modules not using net devices can use.

Therefore, add the ability to autoload modules registering lwt
operations for lwt implementations not using a net device so that
users don't have to manually load the modules.

Only users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability can cause modules to be
loaded, which is ensured by rtnetlink_rcv_msg rejecting non-RTM_GETxxx
messages for users without this capability, and by
lwtunnel_build_state not being called in response to RTM_GETxxx
messages.

Signed-off-by: Robert Shearman <rshearma@brocade.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/lwtunnel.h
net/core/lwtunnel.c