[Devel] [PATCH vz10] dm-ploop: rename module from ploop to dm-ploop

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Wed Nov 19 20:26:10 MSK 2025


Rename the ploop module to dm-ploop to match naming convention
with other device mapper modules like dm-qcow2.

Add MODULE_ALIAS("ploop") to maintain backward compatibility,
allowing the module to be loaded using the old name.

https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-119716
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>

Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
---
 drivers/md/Makefile          | 4 ++--
 drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/Makefile b/drivers/md/Makefile
index 52a08618b2772..2b3212f0ce9fa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/md/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ md-mod-y	+= md.o md-bitmap.o
 raid456-y	+= raid5.o raid5-cache.o raid5-ppl.o
 linear-y       += md-linear.o
 
-ploop-y		+= dm-ploop-target.o dm-ploop-map.o dm-ploop-cmd.o \
+dm-ploop-y	+= dm-ploop-target.o dm-ploop-map.o dm-ploop-cmd.o \
 		   dm-ploop-bat.o
 push-backup-y	+= dm-push-backup.o
 dm-qcow2-y	+= dm-qcow2-target.o dm-qcow2-map.o dm-qcow2-cmd.o
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_DM_AUDIT),y)
 dm-mod-objs			+= dm-audit.o
 endif
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_DM_PLOOP)		+= ploop.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DM_PLOOP)		+= dm-ploop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_PUSH_BACKUP)	+= push-backup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_TRACKING)	+= dm-tracking.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_QCOW2)		+= dm-qcow2.o
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
index b122be1cd9632..6ab81a56707d6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
@@ -827,3 +827,4 @@ module_exit(dm_ploop_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai at virtuozzo.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Virtuozzo Ploop Format Driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS("ploop");
-- 
2.43.0



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