1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 9edba1b8323e..c2d61d56e0b7 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ static int __init elevator_setup(char *str)
 
 __setup("elevator=", elevator_setup);
 
+/* called during boot to load the elevator chosen by the elevator param */
+void __init load_default_elevator_module(void)
+{
+        struct elevator_type *e;
+
+        if (!chosen_elevator[0])
+                return;
+
+        spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
+        e = elevator_find(chosen_elevator);
+        spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
+
+        if (!e)
+                request_module("%s-iosched", chosen_elevator);
+}
+
 static struct kobj_type elv_ktype;
 
 static struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,