This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
usb: xhci: avoid renesas_usb_fw.mem when it's unusable
to my usb git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git
in the usb-linus branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the
next -rc kernel release.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From 0665e387318607d8269bfdea60723c627c8bae43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 00:12:24 -0700
Subject: usb: xhci: avoid renesas_usb_fw.mem when it's unusable
Commit a66d21d7dba8 ("usb: xhci: Add support for Renesas controller with
memory") added renesas_usb_fw.mem firmware reference to xhci-pci. Thus
modinfo indicates xhci-pci.ko has "firmware: renesas_usb_fw.mem". But
the firmware is only actually used with CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS. An
unusable firmware reference can trigger safety checkers which look for
drivers with unmet firmware dependencies.
Avoid referring to renesas_usb_fw.mem in circumstances when it cannot be
loaded (when CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS isn't set).
Fixes: a66d21d7dba8 ("usb: xhci: Add support for Renesas controller with memory")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210702071224.3673568-1-gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
index 18c2bbddf080..1c9a7957c45c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
@@ -636,7 +636,14 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pci_ids[] = {
{ /* end: all zeroes */ }
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pci_ids);
+
+/*
+ * Without CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS renesas_xhci_check_request_fw() won't
+ * load firmware, so don't encumber the xhci-pci driver with it.
+ */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS)
MODULE_FIRMWARE("renesas_usb_fw.mem");
+#endif
/* pci driver glue; this is a "new style" PCI driver module */
static struct pci_driver xhci_pci_driver = {
--
2.32.0
