On 2/6/2026 6:00 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, at 10:56, Jianbo Liu wrote:

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On 2/4/2026 9:00 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
index 9cf394c66939..c298efe93f97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ config MLX5_EN_IPSEC
   	depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
   	depends on XFRM_OFFLOAD
   	depends on INET_ESP_OFFLOAD || INET6_ESP_OFFLOAD
+	depends on IPV6!=m || MLX5_CORE=m

Thanks for the fix.
I received a report for this same error here:
https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512261850.P5Jp5BSz-lkp@intel.com/ (local)

We were about to send a fix ourselves, it is to simply add:
    depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
Is there a specific reason to prefer "depends on IPV6!=m ||
MLX5_CORE=m"? To me, the IPV6 || !IPV6 syntax seems a bit cleaner.

MLX5_EN_IPSEC needs the dependency, but this is a 'bool' symbols.

The "IPV6 || !IPV6" syntax only works on tristate symbols, so you'd
have to put it into CONFIG_MLX5_CORE itself, but MLX5_CORE does
not actually have the IPV6 dependency unless MLX5_EN_IPSEC is
enabled.

Right, I meant moving the dependency to CONFIG_MLX5_CORE.
Your patch restricts only MLX5_EN_IPSEC, which causes the link error, 
even if it silently disables IPsec in that specific config.

Acked-by: Jianbo Liu <redacted>

      Arnd