Re: [PATCH] ALSA: hda/tas2781: clear cali_data.total_sz when calibration read fails

[Takashi Iwai]

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:41:51 +0200,
Philipp Oster via B4 Relay wrote:
> 
> From: Philipp Oster <philippdev5396@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> tas2563_save_calibration() assigns cali_data.total_sz before it reads the
> per-device calibration data from EFI, but its error paths return without
> clearing it again. cali_data.cali_reg_array is left all zero, because the
> function returns before the register addresses are assigned.
> 
> On the first playback tasdev_load_calibrated_data() does
> 
> 	if (!data || !cali_data->total_sz)
> 		return;
> 
> which passes, since total_sz is still non-zero. It then issues five
> 4-byte bulk writes to p->r0_reg, p->r0_low_reg, p->invr0_reg, p->pow_reg
> and p->tlimit_reg, all of which are 0. Register 0 decodes to book 0 /
> page 0 / register 0x00, so the auto-incrementing block write zeroes
> registers 0x00 to 0x03. Register 0x03 is PB_CFG1, which holds AMP_LEVEL,
> so the amplifier gain is set to its minimum and the speaker stays silent.
> 
> This is reproducible on a Lenovo Yoga 7 14ARB7 (two TAS2563 on I2C,
> ACPI INT8866) whose factory calibration was never written to UEFI, so the
> EFI read fails with EFI_NOT_FOUND. The two woofers driven by the
> amplifiers are silent while the tweeters driven directly by the ALC287
> play. Reading the amplifier registers over i2c shows PWR_CTL = 0x00
> (active) and the TDM slots correctly programmed by the RCA profile, but
> PB_CFG1 = 0x00. With this change PB_CFG1 keeps its power-on default of
> 0x20 and both woofers play.
> 
> tas2781_save_calibration() in tas2781_hda.c already clears total_sz on
> failure; do the same for the TAS2563 variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Oster <philippdev5396@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi