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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8ae6631abcc2..6561021d22d1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1114,13 +1114,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change);
void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
{
struct net_device *dev;
+ int no_module;
rcu_read_lock();
dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, name);
rcu_read_unlock();
- if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- request_module("%s", name);
+ no_module = !dev;
+ if (no_module && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
+ if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+ if (!request_module("%s", name))
+ pr_err("Loading kernel module for a network device "
+"with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s "
+"instead\n", name);
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);