linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.11 600/775] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Drop bogus check at closing a stream

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Date:   Mon,  1 Mar 2021 17:12:48 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 5.11 600/775] ALSA: hda/hdmi: Drop bogus check at closing a stream

From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>

commit 056a3da5d07fc5d3ceacfa2cdf013c9d8df630bd upstream.

Some users reported the kernel WARNING with stack traces from
hdmi_pcm_close(), and it's the line checking the per_cvt->assigned
flag.  This used to be a valid check in the past because the flag was
turned on/off only at opening and closing a PCM stream.  Meanwhile,
since the introduction of the silent-stream mode, this flag may be
turned on/off at the monitor connection/disconnection time, which
isn't always associated with the PCM open/close.  Hence this may lead
to the inconsistent per_cvt->assigned flag at closing.

As the check itself became almost useless and confuses users as if it
were a serious problem, just drop the check.

Fixes: b1a5039759cb ("ALSA: hda/hdmi: fix silent stream for first playback to DP")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210987
Reviewed-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@...ux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210211083139.29531-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -2130,7 +2130,6 @@ static int hdmi_pcm_close(struct hda_pcm
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 		per_cvt = get_cvt(spec, cvt_idx);
-		snd_BUG_ON(!per_cvt->assigned);
 		per_cvt->assigned = 0;
 		hinfo->nid = 0;