Patch "lib80211: fix unmet direct dependendices config warning when !CRYPTO" has been added to the 5.4-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    lib80211: fix unmet direct dependendices config warning when !CRYPTO

to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     lib80211-fix-unmet-direct-dependendices-config-warni.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 36f63cb20d329ff1169d8d14caac5bcd96405949
Author: Necip Fazil Yildiran <fazilyildiran@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Sep 9 12:54:53 2020 +0300

    lib80211: fix unmet direct dependendices config warning when !CRYPTO
    
    [ Upstream commit b959ba9f468b1c581f40e92661ad58b093abaa03 ]
    
    When LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP is enabled and CRYPTO is disabled, it results in unmet
    direct dependencies config warning. The reason is that LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP
    selects CRYPTO_AES and CRYPTO_CCM, which are subordinate to CRYPTO. This is
    reproducible with CRYPTO disabled and R8188EU enabled, where R8188EU selects
    LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP but does not select or depend on CRYPTO.
    
    Honor the kconfig menu hierarchy to remove kconfig dependency warnings.
    
    Fixes: a11e2f85481c ("lib80211: use crypto API ccm(aes) transform for CCMP processing")
    Signed-off-by: Necip Fazil Yildiran <fazilyildiran@xxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200909095452.3080-1-fazilyildiran@xxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 63cf7131f601c..211007c091d59 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ config LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP
 
 config LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP
 	tristate
+	select CRYPTO
 	select CRYPTO_AES
 	select CRYPTO_CCM
 



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