[PATCH v3 0/5] ALSA: hda: Wait for PCM files on codec teardown
From: Cen Zhang
Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 04:03:56 EST
When an HD-audio codec is unbound while the card stays registered, the
codec remove frees its PCMs while files can still use them, and the
probe and remove of codecs on one bus can run at the same time.
Following Takashi's suggestion on v2, this version fixes both in the
HD-audio layer: patch 1 serializes the codec probe and remove on a bus,
and patch 5 makes the codec teardown wait until the files opened on its
PCMs are closed.
Patches 2 and 3 add the file to the card while the PCM minor is looked
up, so that the wait does not miss an open between the lookup and
snd_card_file_add(), and record the device a file was opened for. The
teardown waits only for the files of its own PCMs, because the card
files also include the control device, which a sound server keeps open
for as long as it runs. Patch 4 makes an open fail once its PCM is
disconnected, so that a late open does not get a working stream and
hold off the teardown.
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Cen Zhang (5):
ALSA: hda: Serialize codec probe and remove on the same bus
ALSA: core: Add the card file while looking up a minor
ALSA: pcm: Add the file to the card while looking up the minor
ALSA: pcm: Refuse to open a disconnected PCM
ALSA: hda: Wait for the files of the codec PCMs before freeing them
include/sound/core.h | 7 +++++
include/sound/hdaudio.h | 1 +
include/sound/pcm.h | 1 +
sound/core/init.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c | 19 ++++---------
sound/core/pcm.c | 3 ++
sound/core/pcm_native.c | 37 ++++++++++--------------
sound/core/sound.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++
sound/core/sound_oss.c | 21 ++++++++++++++
sound/hda/common/bind.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++
sound/hda/core/bus.c | 1 +
11 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
base-commit: a4311e9447bbb219044db38897f95be112f46a8a
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2.43.0
Changes in v3:
- Fix the codec teardown in the HD-audio layer as suggested by Takashi,
instead of retaining the PCM in the PCM core: serialize the codec probe
and remove on a bus, and wait for the files opened on the codec PCMs
before freeing them.
- Add the card file while looking up the PCM minor, so that the wait cannot
miss an open, and wait only for the files of the codec PCMs instead of all
files of the card.
- Refuse to open a disconnected PCM.
- Drop the Assisted-by tag, which has been removed from the documentation
and checkpatch.
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/pm-pmb-a4703edca61d34aa679b-v6-680f350d78e44f9de7a7@xxxxxxxxx
Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/pm-pmb-a4703edca61d34aa679b-v9-c4f3df026f28aea10fd1-0@xxxxxxxxx