linux-kernel - [PATCH] firmware: remove old CONFIG_FW_LOADER

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Message-Id: <20211230093932.2747587-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:39:32 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] firmware: remove old CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE test

The CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE check in firmware.h is very obsolete given
that this symbol went away decades ago, so it should be removed.

Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 include/linux/firmware.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 3b057dfc8284..0b1c4d9c5465 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static inline bool firmware_request_builtin(struct firmware *fw,
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || (defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
+#if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)
 int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
 		     struct device *device);
 int firmware_request_nowarn(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
-- 
2.34.1