From: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
[ Upstream commit 54a86cf48eaa6d1ab5130d756b718775e81e1748 ]
ALSA controls should return 1 if the value in the control changed but the
control put operation fsl_easrc_iec958_put_bits() unconditionally returns
0, causing ALSA to not generate any change events. This is detected by
mixer-test with large numbers of messages in the form:
No event generated for Context 3 IEC958 CS5
Context 3 IEC958 CS5.0 orig 5224 read 5225, is_volatile 0
Add a suitable check.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
Link:
https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
---
LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:
The driver has been present since v5.8 (2020), so it exists in all
current stable trees.
## Analysis
**What the commit fixes:**
The `fsl_easrc_iec958_put_bits()` function is an ALSA control put
callback. Per the ALSA API contract, put callbacks must return 1 when
the control value changes and 0 when it doesn't. This function
unconditionally returned 0, which meant ALSA never generated change
events for IEC958 controls on this hardware. The fix adds a simple
comparison before the assignment and returns whether the value changed.
**Bug category:** Incorrect return value / missing event generation — a
real functional bug.
**Scope and risk:**
- 3 lines changed (adding `int ret`, comparing old vs new value,
returning `ret` instead of `0`)
- Purely local to one function in one driver
- The fix is obviously correct — standard ALSA pattern used across
hundreds of drivers
- Zero risk of regression — the only behavioral change is that change
events are now properly generated
**Author:** Mark Brown, the ASoC subsystem maintainer. He is both the
author and committer, demonstrating high confidence in the fix.
**Stable criteria:**
- Obviously correct: Yes — trivial pattern
- Fixes real bug: Yes — missing change events mean userspace
applications (mixers, audio daemons) don't get notified of control
changes
- Small and contained: Yes — 3 lines in one function
- No new features: Correct — just fixes existing behavior to match API
contract
- Tested: Detected by mixer-test, fix validated by same
**User impact:** Any system using the NXP/Freescale EASRC (Enhanced
Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter) where userspace monitors IEC958
control changes would silently miss updates. This affects audio
applications relying on ALSA event notifications.
## Verification
- Read the current code at `sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c:46-62` — confirmed
the fix is applied and is the standard pattern (compare before assign,
return difference)
- `git log master --reverse` confirmed driver was introduced in commit
955ac624058f9 (2020-04-16, v5.8 cycle), so it exists in all maintained
stable trees
- The function is referenced at line 125 as `.put =
fsl_easrc_iec958_put_bits` in a macro, confirming it's used as an ALSA
control callback
- Author is Mark Brown ([email protected]), the ASoC maintainer —
verified from commit metadata
- The fix pattern (checking old != new before returning from put
callback) is a well-established ALSA convention — no novel logic
**YES**
sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c
index 733374121196e..6c56134c60cc8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ static int fsl_easrc_iec958_put_bits(struct snd_kcontrol
*kcontrol,
struct soc_mreg_control *mc =
(struct soc_mreg_control *)kcontrol->private_value;
unsigned int regval = ucontrol->value.integer.value[0];
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = (easrc_priv->bps_iec958[mc->regbase] != regval);
easrc_priv->bps_iec958[mc->regbase] = regval;
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
static int fsl_easrc_iec958_get_bits(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
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2.51.0
