linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix unmet dependency on CRYPTO for CRYPTO_LIB

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Date:   Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:08:16 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Julian Braha <julianbraha@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        fazilyildiran@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix unmet dependency on CRYPTO for CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 11:42 PM Julian Braha <julianbraha@...il.com> wrote:
>
> When RTL8723BS is selected, and CRYPTO is not selected,
> Kbuild gives the following warning:
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
>   Depends on [n]: CRYPTO [=n]
>   Selected by [m]:
>   - RTL8723BS [=m] && STAGING [=y] && WLAN [=y] && MMC [=y] && CFG80211 [=y] && m && MODULES [=y]
>   - RTLLIB_CRYPTO_WEP [=m] && STAGING [=y] && RTLLIB [=m]
>
> This is because RTL8723BS selects CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
> without selecting CRYPTO, despite CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
> depending on CRYPTO.
>
> This unmet dependency bug was detected by Kismet,
> a static analysis tool for Kconfig. Please advise
> if this is not the appropriate solution.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>