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Cezary Rojewski 84446536f6 ALSA: control: Verify put() result when in debug mode
The put() operation is expected to return:
1) 0 on success if no changes were made
2) 1 on success if changes were made
3) error code otherwise

Currently 2) is usually ignored when writing control-operations. While
forcing compliance is not an option right now, make it easier for
developers to adhere to the expectations and notice problems by logging
them when CONFIG_SND_CTL_DEBUG is enabled.

Due to large size of struct snd_ctl_elem_value, 'value_buf' is provided
as a reusable buffer for kctl->put() verification. This prevents
exhausting the stack when verifying the operation.

>From user perspective, patch introduces a new trace/events category
'snd_ctl' containing a single 'snd_ctl_put' event type. Log sample:

  amixer-1086    [003] .....    8.035939: snd_ctl_put: success: expected=0, actual=0 for ctl numid=1, iface=MIXER, name='Master Playback Volume', index=0, device=0, subdevice=0, card=0
  amixer-1087    [003] .....    8.938721: snd_ctl_put: success: expected=1, actual=1 for ctl numid=1, iface=MIXER, name='Master Playback Volume', index=0, device=0, subdevice=0, card=0
  amixer-1088    [003] .....    9.631470: snd_ctl_put: success: expected=1, actual=1 for ctl numid=1, iface=MIXER, name='Master Playback Volume', index=0, device=0, subdevice=0, card=0
  amixer-1089    [000] .....    9.636786: snd_ctl_put: fail: expected=1, actual=0 for ctl numid=5, iface=MIXER, name='Loopback Mute', index=0, device=0, subdevice=0, card=0

Signed-off-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224205619.584795-1-cezary.rojewski@intel.com
2026-02-28 09:32:39 +01:00
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