vfio: Replace module request with softdep
Rather than doing a module request from within the init function, add
a soft dependency on the available IOMMU backend drivers. This makes
the dependency visible to userspace when picking modules for the
ram disk.
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 9901c46..57052b6 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -2250,14 +2250,6 @@ static int __init vfio_init(void)
pr_info(DRIVER_DESC " version: " DRIVER_VERSION "\n");
- /*
- * Attempt to load known iommu-drivers. This gives us a working
- * environment without the user needing to explicitly load iommu
- * drivers.
- */
- request_module_nowait("vfio_iommu_type1");
- request_module_nowait("vfio_iommu_spapr_tce");
-
#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_NOIOMMU
vfio_register_iommu_driver(&vfio_noiommu_ops);
#endif
@@ -2297,3 +2289,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(VFIO_MINOR);
MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vfio/vfio");
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("post: vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_iommu_spapr_tce");