linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.2 040/123] ASoC: Fail card instantiation if DAI format setup fails

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Date:   Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:35:15 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof@...s.com>,
        Ricard Wanderlof <ricardw@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.2 040/123] ASoC: Fail card instantiation if DAI
 format setup fails

On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:22:13AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 10:09:24PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof@...s.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 40aa5383e393d72f6aa3943a4e7b1aae25a1e43b ]
>>
>> If the DAI format setup fails, there is no valid communication format
>> between CPU and CODEC, so fail card instantiation, rather than continue
>> with a card that will most likely not function properly.
>
>This is another one where if nobody noticed a problem already and things
>just happened to be working this might break things, it's vanishingly
>unlikely to fix anything that was broken.

Same as the other patch: this patch suggests it fixes a real bug, and if
this patch is broken let's fix it.

--
Thanks,
Sasha