Backporting the following mainline changes to the 4.1 and 4.4
kernels:
device property: Avoid potential dereferences of invalid pointers
device property: convert to use match_string() helper
lib/string: introduce match_string() helper
device property: fix for a case of use-after-free
device property: fwnode->secondary may contain ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)
xhci: harden xhci_find_next_ext_cap against device removal
xhci: rework xhci extended capability list parsing functions
xhci: parse xhci protocol speed ID list for usb 3.1 usage
extcon: Redefine the unique id of supported external connectors without 'enum extcon' type
extcon: Remove optional print_name() function pointer of extcon_dev
extcon: Update the prototype of extcon_register_notifier() with enum extcon
extcon: Use capital letter for the name of external connectors
extcon: Use the unique id for external connector instead of string
extcon: Remove the optional name of extcon device
extcon: adc-jack: Remove the unneeded num_cables field
extcon: Alter MHL-TA cable name to TA cable name
extcon: Unify the dock device names on max8997/77693
extcon: Unify the jig cable names on rt8973 and max14577/77693/77843
extcon: Fix the checkpatch warning and minor coding style issue
extcon: Add extcon_get_edev_name() API to get the extcon device name
extcon: Modify the device name as extcon[X] for sysfs
extcon: Add manufactor name of each extcon device
And the following config change:
mei.cfg: Add CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_TXE=m
Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
