net: don't unnecessarily load kernel modules in dev_ioctl()
Starting with v4.16-rc1 we've been seeing a higher than usual number of requests for the kernel to load networking modules, even on events which shouldn't trigger a module load (e.g. ioctl(TCGETS)). Stephen Smalley suggested the problem may lie in commit 44c02a2c ("dev_ioctl(): move copyin/copyout to callers") which moves changes the network dev_ioctl() function to always call dev_load(), regardless of the requested ioctl. This patch moves the dev_load() calls back into the individual ioctls while preserving the rest of the original patch. Reported-by: Dominick Grift <dac.override@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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