Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] ALSA: Return -ENODEV instead of -EFAULT on module-get failure

[Cezary Rojewski]

On 7/7/2026 10:45 AM, phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Several ALSA open/allocate paths call try_module_get() on the owning card
> module and return -EFAULT when it fails. However, try_module_get() fails
> when the module is no longer live (i.e. it is going away), meaning the
> device is no longer usable.
> This series updates only those paths, making the error code consistent
> with the existing "device unavailable" checks in the same functions.
> Other -EFAULT returns are left unchanged.
>
> Link v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260706084950.49331-1-phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changes in v2:
>   - Update the commit message.
>   - Remove unrelated changes from the "ALSA: control: Return -ENODEV
>     instead of -EFAULT in snd_ctl_open()" patch.
For the series:

Reviewed-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx>