Re: [PATCH] ALSA: seq: Remove arbitrary prioq insertion limit

[Takashi Iwai]

On Mon, 25 May 2026 16:16:09 +0200,
Cássio Gabriel wrote:
> 
> The sequencer priority queue insertion path uses a hardcoded traversal
> limit of 10000 entries.  The value is intended to catch a corrupted list,
> but it also becomes a real limit for valid queues.
> 
> The event pool limit is per client, while a sequencer queue can be shared
> by multiple clients.  A queue can therefore legitimately contain more than
> 10000 events.  In that case, inserting an event that has to be placed past
> the arbitrary limit fails with -EINVAL.
> 
> Use the queue's own cell count as the traversal bound instead.  This keeps
> the protection against inconsistent list accounting or cyclic lists without
> rejecting valid large queues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-next.  Thanks.


Takashi