Re: linux-4.14.175 broke audio

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Apr 02 2020 - 14:35:51 EST


On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 09:06:59PM +0300, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> $ uname -s -r -m
> Linux 4.14.175 x86_64
> $ cat ${HOME}/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
> ao=oss
> vo=opengl
> audio-channels=stereo
> no-msg-color
> $ mpv track18.mp3
> Playing: track18.mp3
> (+) Audio --aid=1 (mp3)
> [ao/oss] Can't set audio device to s16 output.
> [ao/oss] Can't set audio device to u8 output.
> [ao/oss] Can't set sample format.
> [ao] Failed to initialize audio driver 'oss'
> Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> Audio: no audio
>
>
> Reverting "ALSA: pcm: oss: Avoid plugin buffer overflow"
> upstream commit f2ecf903ef06eb1bbbfa969db9889643d487e73a
> restored audio back to normal working state.

Is this also an issue in 4.19 and 5.4 and Linus's tree?

thanks,

greg k-h