Re: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Harden the spk_alloc assumption check

From: Takashi Iwai

Date: Fri Nov 21 2025 - 04:35:19 EST


On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:17:57 +0100,
Umang Jain wrote:
>
> If the parsed ELD has spk_alloc=0, it currently assigns the parsed ELD
> spk_alloc to 0xffff. However, we should also check if there is at least
> one SAD (Short audio descriptor) to enforce the assumption, as ELD
> without any sad_count, is usually considered invalid for e.g. in
> commit ce9778b7a0272("ALSA: hda/hdmi: Consider ELD is invalid when no
> SAD is present").
>
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <uajain@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied now.


Takashi