linux-yocto/4.1/4.1: mei, usb and extcon changes

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>

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