[PATCH] selftests/alsa: Fix the step check for INTEGER controls

From: HyeongJun An

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 08:42:28 EST


The modulo sits inside the subtraction, so the check evaluates
int_val - (min % step) rather than (int_val - min) % step. The
INTEGER64 branch below it is parenthesised correctly.

The written form passes only when the value equals min % step, and such
a value is always on a step boundary, so it never misses a real
violation. It only reports valid values as invalid.

snd-aloop declares step 1 on four controls, so every non-zero value on
them is reported. Before:

# PCM Rate Shift 100000.0 value 100000 invalid for step 1 minimum 80000
# Totals: pass:660 fail:101 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:296 error:0

After, same card, nothing else changed:

# Totals: pass:740 fail:21 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:296 error:0

Eighteen files under sound/ declare a non-zero step.

Fixes: 5aaf9efffc57 ("kselftest: alsa: Add simplistic test for ALSA mixer controls kselftest")
Signed-off-by: HyeongJun An <sammiee5311@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
---
tools/testing/selftests/alsa/mixer-test.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/alsa/mixer-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/alsa/mixer-test.c
index a329f901c5ed..0857d64c322a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/alsa/mixer-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/alsa/mixer-test.c
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ static bool ctl_value_index_valid(struct ctl_data *ctl,

/* Only check step size if there is one and we're in bounds */
if (snd_ctl_elem_info_get_step(ctl->info) &&
- (int_val - snd_ctl_elem_info_get_min(ctl->info) %
- snd_ctl_elem_info_get_step(ctl->info))) {
+ (int_val - snd_ctl_elem_info_get_min(ctl->info)) %
+ snd_ctl_elem_info_get_step(ctl->info)) {
ksft_print_msg("%s.%d value %ld invalid for step %ld minimum %ld\n",
ctl->name, index, int_val,
snd_ctl_elem_info_get_step(ctl->info),
--
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