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);