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.

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From: Greg Thelen gthelen@google.com 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@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen gthelen@google.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210702071224.3673568-1-gthelen@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- 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 = {