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>
diff --git a/net/core/lwtunnel.c b/net/core/lwtunnel.c
index 299cfc2..669ecc9 100644
--- a/net/core/lwtunnel.c
+++ b/net/core/lwtunnel.c
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@
#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
#include <net/ip6_fib.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+
+static const char *lwtunnel_encap_str(enum lwtunnel_encap_types encap_type)
+{
+ /* Only lwt encaps implemented without using an interface for
+ * the encap need to return a string here.
+ */
+ switch (encap_type) {
+ case LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_MPLS:
+ return "MPLS";
+ case LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_ILA:
+ return "ILA";
+ case LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP6:
+ case LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP:
+ case LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE:
+ case __LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_MAX:
+ /* should not have got here */
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ break;
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
+
struct lwtunnel_state *lwtunnel_state_alloc(int encap_len)
{
struct lwtunnel_state *lws;
@@ -85,6 +110,18 @@
ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
rcu_read_lock();
ops = rcu_dereference(lwtun_encaps[encap_type]);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ if (!ops) {
+ const char *encap_type_str = lwtunnel_encap_str(encap_type);
+
+ if (encap_type_str) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ request_module("rtnl-lwt-%s", encap_type_str);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ops = rcu_dereference(lwtun_encaps[encap_type]);
+ }
+ }
+#endif
if (likely(ops && ops->build_state))
ret = ops->build_state(dev, encap, family, cfg, lws);
rcu_read_unlock();