Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: avoid renesas_usb_fw.mem when it's unusable

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 10:47:54PM -0700, Greg Thelen wrote:
> 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).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
> index 18c2bbddf080..cb148da7a789 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
> @@ -618,8 +618,10 @@ static void xhci_pci_shutdown(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>  /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>  
>  static const struct xhci_driver_data reneses_data = {
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS)

If this is not enabled, why is the whole structure needed?

>  	.quirks  = XHCI_RENESAS_FW_QUIRK,
>  	.firmware = "renesas_usb_fw.mem",
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  /* PCI driver selection metadata; PCI hotplugging uses this */
> @@ -636,7 +638,13 @@ 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

Why not just have this one chunk, why is the first chunk needed?

And a blank line please before your comment?

And can you add a Fixes: line to the changelog text when you resend?

thanks,

greg k-h