[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: simplify mixer control name handling

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Mon May 04 2026 - 17:28:21 EST


In get_term_name(), remove hard-coded return values and a strlen() call,
and return the number of bytes copied by strscpy() directly.

Since get_term_name() may now return -E2BIG on string truncation, check
name_len < 0 and return early from get_connector_control_name() if
needed. Also replace strlcat() with strscpy().

Other get_term_name() callers only check the return value for non-zero
and are not affected by this change.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/usb/mixer.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
index 5fba456eb4a9..a782718bfb7f 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
@@ -665,17 +665,13 @@ static int get_term_name(struct snd_usb_audio *chip, struct usb_audio_term *iter
return 0;
switch (iterm->type >> 16) {
case UAC3_SELECTOR_UNIT:
- strscpy(name, "Selector", maxlen);
- return 8;
+ return strscpy(name, "Selector", maxlen);
case UAC3_PROCESSING_UNIT:
- strscpy(name, "Process Unit", maxlen);
- return 12;
+ return strscpy(name, "Process Unit", maxlen);
case UAC3_EXTENSION_UNIT:
- strscpy(name, "Ext Unit", maxlen);
- return 8;
+ return strscpy(name, "Ext Unit", maxlen);
case UAC3_MIXER_UNIT:
- strscpy(name, "Mixer", maxlen);
- return 5;
+ return strscpy(name, "Mixer", maxlen);
default:
return scnprintf(name, maxlen, "Unit %d", iterm->id);
}
@@ -683,25 +679,18 @@ static int get_term_name(struct snd_usb_audio *chip, struct usb_audio_term *iter

switch (iterm->type & 0xff00) {
case 0x0100:
- strscpy(name, "PCM", maxlen);
- return 3;
+ return strscpy(name, "PCM", maxlen);
case 0x0200:
- strscpy(name, "Mic", maxlen);
- return 3;
+ return strscpy(name, "Mic", maxlen);
case 0x0400:
- strscpy(name, "Headset", maxlen);
- return 7;
+ return strscpy(name, "Headset", maxlen);
case 0x0500:
- strscpy(name, "Phone", maxlen);
- return 5;
+ return strscpy(name, "Phone", maxlen);
}

- for (names = iterm_names; names->type; names++) {
- if (names->type == iterm->type) {
- strscpy(name, names->name, maxlen);
- return strlen(names->name);
- }
- }
+ for (names = iterm_names; names->type; names++)
+ if (names->type == iterm->type)
+ return strscpy(name, names->name, maxlen);

return 0;
}
@@ -1988,7 +1977,9 @@ static void get_connector_control_name(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
int name_len = get_term_name(mixer->chip, term, name, name_size, 0);

if (name_len == 0)
- strscpy(name, "Unknown", name_size);
+ name_len = strscpy(name, "Unknown", name_size);
+ if (name_len < 0)
+ return;

/*
* sound/core/ctljack.c has a convention of naming jack controls
@@ -1996,9 +1987,9 @@ static void get_connector_control_name(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
* indicating Input or Output after the terminal name.
*/
if (is_input)
- strlcat(name, " - Input Jack", name_size);
+ strscpy(name + name_len, " - Input Jack", name_size - name_len);
else
- strlcat(name, " - Output Jack", name_size);
+ strscpy(name + name_len, " - Output Jack", name_size - name_len);
}

/* get connector value to "wake up" the USB audio */