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| -rw-r--r-- | net/netlink/genetlink.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index 21a82410ec7c..a403b618faa5 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -792,6 +792,15 @@ static int ctrl_getfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) name = nla_data(info->attrs[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME]); res = genl_family_find_byname(name); +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES + if (res == NULL) { + genl_unlock(); + request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%s", + PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_GENERIC, name); + genl_lock(); + res = genl_family_find_byname(name); + } +#endif err = -ENOENT; } |