linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: wm_adsp: Silent parsing error on loading speaker protection fw

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:47:15 +0000
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...labora.com>
CC:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        "Vlad Karpovich" <Vlad.Karpovich@...rus.com>,
        <patches@...nsource.cirrus.com>, <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel@...labora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: wm_adsp: Silent parsing error on loading speaker
 protection fw

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 04:33:47PM +0300, Cristian Ciocaltea wrote:
> The tracing capabilities for the speaker protection fw enabled via
> commit c55b3e46cb99 ("ASoC: wm_adsp: Add trace caps to speaker
> protection FW") are not be available on all platforms, such as the
> Valve's Steam Deck which is based on the Halo Core DSP.
> 
> As a consequence, whenever the firmware is loaded, a rather misleading
> 'Failed to parse legacy: -19' error message is written to the kernel
> ring buffer:
> 
> [  288.977412] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: Firmware version: 3
> [  288.978002] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot.wmfw: Fri 02 Apr 2021 21:03:50 W. Europe Daylight Time
> [  289.094065] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: Firmware: 400a4 vendor: 0x2 v0.33.0, 2 algorithms
> [  289.095073] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: 0: ID cd v29.53.0 XM@94 YM@e
> [  289.095665] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: 1: ID f20b v0.0.1 XM@170 YM@0
> [  289.096275] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: Protection: C:\Users\ocanavan\Desktop\cirrusTune_july2021.bin
> [  291.172383] steamdeck kernel: cs35l41 spi-VLV1776:01: DSP1: Failed to parse legacy: -19
> 
> Update wm_adsp_buffer_init() to *not* report the ENODEV error when the
> firmware type is WM_ADSP_FW_SPK_PROT.
> 
> Fixes: c55b3e46cb99 ("ASoC: wm_adsp: Add trace caps to speaker protection FW")
> Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...labora.com>
> ---
>  sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
> index cfaa45ede916..7514fc03b468 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
> @@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ static int wm_adsp_buffer_init(struct wm_adsp *dsp)
>  	if (list_empty(&dsp->buffer_list)) {
>  		/* Fall back to legacy support */
>  		ret = wm_adsp_buffer_parse_legacy(dsp);
> -		if (ret)
> +		if (ret && (dsp->fw != WM_ADSP_FW_SPK_PROT || ret != -ENODEV))
>  			adsp_warn(dsp, "Failed to parse legacy: %d\n", ret);

Fixing this for a single firmware probably doesn't really make
the most sense, if we are treating buffers as optional these days
I guess really the best solution would be to make this either an
info and slightly rephrase the message or make it a dbg message.

Thanks,
Charles