File When-kmodpy-is-not-available-call-kmod-binary-directly.patch of Package nvmetcli

From c2f8f2713398bbecc398ac4e3c1b99adbe893c45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:34:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] When kmodpy is not available call kmod binary directly

kmodpy is an unmaintained project. Python is not really good at
backwards compatibility. With the upstream project not keeping up with
python churn using the library is a maintenance burden.

nvmet does not use the python library in any substantial way, it only
loads a module once. This can be easily accomplished without any library
using the modprobe tool directly.
---
 nvmet/nvme.py | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nvmet/nvme.py b/nvmet/nvme.py
index 59efdb5b7c1b..397f103abcdb 100644
--- a/nvmet/nvme.py
+++ b/nvmet/nvme.py
@@ -256,9 +256,20 @@ class Root(CFSNode):
             # Try the ctypes library included with the libkmod itself.
             try:
                 import kmod
-                kmod.Kmod().modprobe(modname)
-            except Exception as e:
-                pass
+
+                try:
+                    kmod.Kmod().modprobe(modname)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    pass
+            except ImportError:
+                # Try the binary specified in /proc
+                try:
+                    kmod = None
+                    with open('/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe', 'r') as f:
+                        kmod = f.read().rstrip()
+                    os.system(kmod + ' ' + modname)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    pass
 
     def _list_subsystems(self):
         self._check_self()
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