linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] ASoC: dwc: Don't allow negative use counts

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Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:13:46 +0530
From:	rajeev kumar <rajeevkumar.linux@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Jackson <Andrew.Jackson@....com>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	"alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] ASoC: dwc: Don't allow negative use counts

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:10 PM, rajeev kumar
<rajeevkumar.linux@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:38:55PM +0000, Andrew Jackson wrote:
>>
>>>       case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
>>>       case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_SUSPEND:
>>>       case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_PUSH:
>>> -             dev->active--;
>>> +             if (dev->active > 0)
>>> +                     dev->active--;
>>
>> How is this triggering - this sounds like you're papering over some
>> other bug somewhere?

This check can be removed as it is not going to triggered.

B'rgds
~Rajeev
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