[PATCH 0/3] firmware_loader: Fix shutdown ordering and reference counting

[Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>]

Chao Gao raised a module reference circular dependency report resulting
from *correct* usage of the firmware_upload_register() API [1]. The
module reference count is not necessary nor sufficient for protecting
against racing unregister against in-flight requests. After that is
fixed, a couple more cleanups fall out.

[1]: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260326084448.29947-1-chao.gao%40intel.com?patch=10705


Dan Williams (3):
  firmware_loader: Stop pinning modules on registration
  firmware_loader: Stop pinning parent device per workqueue invocation
  treewide: firmware_loader: Drop the unused @module argument

 .../driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst         |  2 +-
 include/linux/firmware.h                      | 15 +++---
 drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c   | 48 ++++++++-----------
 drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c                     |  4 +-
 drivers/firmware/microchip/mpfs-auto-update.c |  2 +-
 drivers/fpga/intel-m10-bmc-sec-update.c       |  4 +-
 drivers/greybus/gb-beagleplay.c               |  2 +-
 drivers/media/i2c/thp7312.c                   |  2 +-
 drivers/net/pse-pd/pd692x0.c                  |  4 +-
 lib/test_firmware.c                           |  3 +-
 10 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)


base-commit: f338e77383789c0cae23ca3d48adcc5e9e137e3c
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2.53.0