Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] ASoC: soc-pcm.c: Make sure DAI parameters cleared if the DAI becomes inactive

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Mon Nov 27 2023 - 03:29:02 EST


On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:36:21PM +0800, Chancel Liu wrote:
> The commit 1da681e52853 ("ASoC: soc-pcm.c: Clear DAIs parameters after
> stream_active is updated") tries to make sure DAI parameters can be
> cleared properly through moving the cleanup to the place where stream
> active status is updated. However, it will cause the cleanup only
> happening in soc_pcm_close().
>
> Suppose a case: aplay -Dhw:0 44100.wav 48000.wav. The case calls
> soc_pcm_open()->soc_pcm_hw_params()->soc_pcm_hw_free()->
> soc_pcm_hw_params()->soc_pcm_hw_free()->soc_pcm_close() in order. The
> parameters would be remained in the system even if the playback of
> 44100.wav is finished.
>
> The case requires us clearing parameters in phase of soc_pcm_hw_free().
> However, moving the DAI parameters cleanup back to soc_pcm_hw_free()
> has the risk that DAIs parameters never be cleared if there're more
> than one stream, see commit 1da681e52853 ("ASoC: soc-pcm.c: Clear DAIs
> parameters after stream_active is updated") for more details.
>
> To meet all these requirements, in addition to do DAI parameters
> cleanup in soc_pcm_hw_free(), also check it in soc_pcm_close() to make
> sure DAI parameters cleared if the DAI becomes inactive.
>
> Fixes: 1da681e52853 ("ASoC: soc-pcm.c: Clear DAIs parameters after stream_active is updated")
> Signed-off-by: Chancel Liu <chancel.liu@xxxxxxx>

For the record, this change incidentally also fixed the remaining click
sounds I heard when stopping pulseaudio (e.g. on reboot) with the Lenovo
ThinkPad X13s, which have also been discussed here:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZTukaxUhgY4WLgEs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Johan