[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] soundwire: dmi-quirks: Disable ghost Realtek on Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 10:26:52 EST
From: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 5b08a3afd2995e5312c4c47ffea9d21b651e8e13 ]
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo also has a Realtek device in the ACPI that
doesn't exist in the physical hardware. This confuses the machine
driver into attempting to create DAI links for the device. Add a
quirk to remove this device.
Suggested-by: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807121425.1952003-1-ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:
I have enough to decide: this is a DMI-gated hardware quirk,
`ghost_realtek` already exists in 6.12, and GX651AR is not listed yet.
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PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
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**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: [soundwire: dmi-quirks] [Disable] [DMI quirk to hide a phantom
Realtek SoundWire device on Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo board GX651AR]
**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- Suggested-by: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (author;
Cirrus codec maintainer)
- Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807121425.1952003-1-
ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx> (SoundWire maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Acked-by:, or Cc:
stable (absence expected)
- Ignored: any pipeline “Upstream commit” / “Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin”
markers
**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo ACPI lists a Realtek SoundWire device that
is not on the board.
- Symptom: the ASoC machine driver still builds DAI links for that ACPI
node.
- Failure mode: wrong/extra DAI links; on the sibling GX651AX report,
sof_sdw probe fails with -12 (ENOMEM) after duplicate `SDW3-Playback-
SimpleJack` links.
- Root cause: firmware exposes a ghost RT722 (`0x000330025d072201`) on
SoundWire link 3.
- Version info: none in this commit. A later sibling patch (GX651AX)
used `Cc: stable # 7.2.x`; that does not describe this GX651AR change.
**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit hardware quirk: add one DMI
match that reuses `ghost_realtek`.
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PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
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**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c` (+7 lines, 0 removed)
- Data only: one `dmi_system_id` entry in `adr_remap_quirk_table[]`
- No function body changes
- Scope: single-file surgical quirk
**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Before: ASUS GX651AR does not match the remap table, so ACPI `_ADR`
`0x000330025d072201` is used as-is.
- After: that board matches `ghost_realtek`, which remaps that `_ADR` to
`0`.
- Path: SoundWire ACPI slave discovery (`sdw_dmi_override_adr` →
`find_slave()`). If `addr` is 0, `find_slave()` returns false and the
slave is not registered.
**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- Category: hardware workaround (DMI quirk table)
- Mechanism: same as the existing `ghost_realtek` entries.
`find_slave()`:
```109:113:drivers/soundwire/slave.c
if (bus->ops->override_adr)
addr = bus->ops->override_adr(bus, addr);
if (!addr)
return false;
```
Skipping the slave means it is not in `ctx->ids`
(`drivers/soundwire/intel_init.c`), so SOF machine matching does not
treat a phantom RT722 as present.
**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct: one DMI match, existing `ghost_realtek` table, same
pattern as UX5406AA / 83QK / 83SF already in this file.
- Regression risk: very low; only ASUS board name `GX651AR`.
- No API, locking, or allocator changes.
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PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
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**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Local tree: `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`, Makefile `VERSION=6
PATCHLEVEL=12 SUBLEVEL=111`.
- `ghost_realtek[]` and the first DMI users come from `30e7fb61a64ba`
(“soundwire: dmi-quirks: Disable ghost Realtek devices”, 2026-05-20).
- `adr_remap_quirk_table` dates to 2021 (`f6594cdfec4cd`).
- GX651AR is not in this checkout.
**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No Fixes: tag. Not applicable.
**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record:
- Recent `dmi-quirks.c` history is other DMI remaps (HP Omen, NUC,
Avell) plus the ghost-Realtek table.
- Not a numbered series (`patch X/Y`). Standalone DMI row.
- Mainline context includes `B9406CAA` and `UX8407AA`; those IDs are not
in 6.12. They are independent rows, not code prerequisites.
**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record:
- Charles Keepax maintains Cirrus codecs (CS42L43 lives on this class of
machines).
- Same author added the original ghost-Realtek table in this tree
(`30e7fb61a64ba`).
- Suggested-by Bard Liao, SoundWire co-maintainer.
**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record:
- Needs `ghost_realtek[]` and `sdw_dmi_override_adr()` — both present
(`git merge-base --is-ancestor 30e7fb61a64ba HEAD` → yes).
- Upstream SHA `5b08a3afd2995e5312c4c47ffea9d21b651e8e13` is not an
ancestor of HEAD (expected; this is the candidate).
- Can stand alone once the DMI entry is inserted next to `UX5406AA`.
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PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================
**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 5b08a3afd2995e5312c4c47ffea9d21b651e8e13` → https://patch.m
sgid.link/20260807121425.1952003-1-ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- `b4 dig -a`: v1 only, 2026-08-07.
- Vinod Koul applied it (`commit:
5b08a3afd2995e5312c4c47ffea9d21b651e8e13`). No NAK, no revision churn.
- lore.kernel.org search URLs returned 403; discussion recovered from
b4, patchew, LKML, and openwall.
**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To Vinod Koul; Cc Bard Liao, Pierre-Louis Bossart,
linux-sound, linux-kernel, Cirrus patches. Right SoundWire people. No
extra Reviewed-by on the committed message; maintainer applied it.
**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record:
- No bugzilla/syzbot link on this patch.
- Sibling GX651AX (Ian Luites, 2026-08-31): ghost RT722 stays
unattached, CS42L43 + two CS35L56 attach, duplicate `SDW3-Playback-
SimpleJack`, sof_sdw probe `-12`. That is the same ACPI ghost class,
different SKU.
**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Standalone. Later GX651AX is another DMI row, not a dependency.
**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable returned 403. Web search found no stable-
list discussion of GX651AR. UNVERIFIED: whether anyone asked for this on
stable@ for 6.12.y.
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PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================
**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: No function edited. Data consumed by `sdw_dmi_override_adr()`.
**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `sdw_dmi_override_adr` ← `bus->ops->override_adr` in `find_slave()`
(`drivers/soundwire/slave.c`)
- Intel sets `.override_adr = sdw_dmi_override_adr` in
`drivers/soundwire/intel_auxdevice.c`
- `find_slave()` runs during ACPI SoundWire slave enumeration
(probe/boot)
**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `dmi_first_match()` then remap. Remap-to-0 is handled by `if
(!addr) return false`.
**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record:
ACPI scan → Intel SDW link probe → `sdw_slave_add` / `find_slave` →
`override_adr` → skipped slave not on `bus->slaves` → not copied into
`ctx->ids` → `hda_sdw_machine_select()` /
`snd_soc_acpi_sdw_link_slaves_found()` never sees the ghost RT722 →
`sof_sdw` does not build DAI links for it.
Reachable on any GX651AR that boots this kernel with Intel SoundWire +
SOF. Not a syscall fuzzer path; firmware/hardware path.
**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same `ghost_realtek` already used for ASUS UX5406AA, Lenovo
83QK, Lenovo 83SF in this file. This is another ID in that set.
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PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
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**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. `ghost_realtek` remaps RT722 `0x000330025d072201` to 0. PTL
tables include `ptl_rt722_l3` for that address. GX651AR is not listed,
so this laptop still exposes the ghost device. Bug introduced with the
ACPI firmware + the existing remap-to-0 design (table added 2026-05-20,
already in this 6.12.y checkout).
**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Not a clean apply: mainline hunk context has B9406CAA before
GX651AR; 6.12 goes from the “PTL devices” comment to UX5406AA. Backport
is insert the same 7-line entry next to UX5406AA. Difficulty: minor
context, no semantic rework.
**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: The generic ghost-Realtek table is here. No
GX651AR/GX651AX/B9406CAA/UX8407AA rows. No alternate fix for this board.
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PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================
**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: [drivers/soundwire DMI quirks + Intel SOF/ASoC] [IMPORTANT —
laptop audio on Intel SoundWire machines; not core mm/fs, but user-
visible “no sound / probe fail”]
**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Mature DMI table (since 2021) with ongoing per-board additions.
This is the usual stable-friendly pattern, not a new subsystem.
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PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
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**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver/platform-specific: ASUS board `GX651AR` (ROG Zephyrus
Duo) with Intel SoundWire. Everyone else is unchanged.
**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Every boot/probe on that laptop. Not a race. Unprivileged users
do not trigger it; firmware does. Common for owners of that model.
**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- Failure: extra/wrong DAI links; sibling SKU: sof_sdw probe -ENOMEM; on
this 6.12 tree, `ptl_rt722_l3` can match a laptop that only has a
ghost RT722 on link 3 and then load the wrong topology.
- Severity: HIGH for those machines (audio probe failure / wrong
machine). Not a UAF/panic.
**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: high for GX651AR (and zero elsewhere). Same class as
USB/PCI/DMI quirks that stable already takes; this tree already has
three `ghost_realtek` IDs.
- Risk: very low (7 DMI lines, exact board match).
- Ratio: strongly favors backport.
Note: 6.12 PTL match tables have no CS42L43/CS35L56 entries, so this
laptop may still lack a perfect SOF machine even after the quirk. The
quirk still stops a false `ptl_rt722_l3` match and is the same
enablement already used for UX5406AA. It does not make other hardware
worse.
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PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================
**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**
FOR:
- Real hardware ACPI bug on a shipping Asus laptop
- Classic DMI quirk exception in stable-kernel-rules
- 7 lines, existing table, DMI-gated
- Infrastructure (`ghost_realtek`, `override_adr` → skip `addr==0`) is
in this 6.12 tree
- SoundWire maintainer applied; suggested by SoundWire co-maintainer
- Sibling SKU documents sof_sdw probe failure from the same ghost RT722
AGAINST:
- Fuzzy apply (missing B9406CAA context) — trivial to re-context
- No Fixes:/Cc: stable on this patch (not a negative under these rules)
- PTL Cirrus machine tables are thinner in 6.12 than mainline — audio
may still be incomplete, but the quirk is still the correct filter
UNRESOLVED:
- Could not read lore.kernel.org/stable (403)
- No on-list Tested-by for GX651AR itself (author + Intel suggestion)
**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? [PASS — identical to existing entries;
maintainer applied]
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? [PASS — ghost ACPI device breaks
machine/DAI setup]
3. Important issue? [PASS — audio probe failure / wrong topology on that
laptop; HIGH]
4. Small and contained? [PASS — +7 lines, one file]
5. No new features or APIs? [PASS — DMI ID on existing quirk]
6. Can apply to the local tree? [PASS — needs trivial context
adjustment, not missing code]
**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Hardware quirk / DMI match on an existing driver. Automatic YES
class.
**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This should be backported to this 6.12.y tree. It is a small, DMI-gated
quirk using code already present here, and it prevents a phantom Realtek
RT722 from participating in SoundWire/SOF setup on Asus GX651AR.
Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Suggested-by Bard Liao; SOBs Keepax + Vinod
Koul; Link msgid 20260807121425.1952003-1; no Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: +7 lines in `adr_remap_quirk_table` for ASUS / GX651AR
→ `ghost_realtek`
- [Phase 2] Confirmed `find_slave()` drops `addr==0` after
`override_adr`
- [Phase 3] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: 6.12.111
(`p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`)
- [Phase 3] `git blame`: `ghost_realtek` from `30e7fb61a64ba`; GX651AR
absent
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 30e7fb61a64ba HEAD`: present;
`5b08a3afd2995` not ancestor
- [Phase 3] `git log --oneline -20 -- drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c`:
prior DMI remaps only
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 5b08a3afd2995`: lore msgid above; v1 only; Vinod
applied
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: To vkoul; Cc Liao, Bossart, linux-sound
- [Phase 4] Sibling GX651AX: duplicate SimpleJack DAI links, sof_sdw -12
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: stable@ thread (HTTP 403)
- [Phase 5] Callers: `intel_auxdevice.c` `.override_adr` → `find_slave`
→ `intel_init.c` `ctx->ids` → `hda.c` machine select
- [Phase 6] Local file has UX5406AA/83QK/83SF, not GX651AR; PTL
`rt722_3` ADR matches the quirk
- [Phase 6] Apply: context conflict on B9406CAA, trivial insert beside
UX5406AA
- [Phase 8] Failure: wrong/extra DAI links / failed sof_sdw probe; DMI-
limited; very low regression risk
**YES**
drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c b/drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c
index f738e547a1f30..768255dd12db6 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/dmi-quirks.c
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id adr_remap_quirk_table[] = {
},
.driver_data = (void *)ghost_realtek,
},
+ {
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "ASUS"),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "GX651AR"),
+ },
+ .driver_data = (void *)ghost_realtek,
+ },
{
.matches = {
DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "ASUS"),
--
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