From 5e64ebc1c242523b491b5b5e5eba59243bb970cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:19:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] can: enable module auto loading for virtual CAN interfaces

Autoload the vcan module when a vcan instance is to be created by
'ip link add type vcan'

Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/can/vcan.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
index 674f367087c5..facca33d53e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * vcan.c - Virtual CAN interface
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Volkswagen Group Electronic Research
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2017 Volkswagen Group Electronic Research
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
 
+#define DRV_NAME "vcan"
+
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("virtual CAN interface");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Urs Thuermann <urs.thuermann@volkswagen.de>");
+MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(DRV_NAME);
 
 
 /*
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ static void vcan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 static struct rtnl_link_ops vcan_link_ops __read_mostly = {
-	.kind	= "vcan",
+	.kind	= DRV_NAME,
 	.setup	= vcan_setup,
 };
 
-- 
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