[RFC PATCH 10/11] ALSA: mixer_audient: add control value caching

From: Christian Ruppert

Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 20:04:20 EST


In preparation of id14 support, add control value caching.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ruppert <arc@xxxxxx>
---
sound/usb/mixer_audient.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_audient.c b/sound/usb/mixer_audient.c
index 7cb8245a64d0..24b594fb1bc7 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_audient.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_audient.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static const DECLARE_TLV_DB_MINMAX_MUTE(snd_audient_tlv_mixer, -12800, 600);
#define SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_SIGNED (1L << 0)
#define SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_INIT_HW (1L << 1)
#define SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_FORCE_SET (1L << 2)
+#define SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_CACHE (1L << 3)

static const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type {
snd_ctl_elem_type_t type;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ static const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type {
union {
long integer;
} max; /* for booleans holds physical int value for true */
- u32 init;
+ u32 init; /* hardware and cache are initialized to this value */
const unsigned int *tlv;
u8 unit;
u8 sel;
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ static const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type {
},
[SND_AUDIENT_TYPE_MIXER] = {
.type = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_INTEGER,
- .flags = SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_SIGNED,
+ .flags = SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_SIGNED
+ | SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_CACHE,
.len = 2,
.min.integer = -128 * 256,
.max.integer = 6 * 256,
@@ -285,11 +287,18 @@ static inline int snd_audient_set_cur(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,

static int snd_audient_raw_get_one(struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer,
const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type *const ctype,
+ const u32 *const cache,
const u8 cidx, u32 *const value)
{
int ret;
s32 buf = 0;

+ if (cache) {
+ *value = cache[cidx];
+
+ return ctype->len;
+ }
+
ret = snd_audient_get_cur(mixer, ctype, cidx, &buf);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -309,15 +318,16 @@ static int snd_audient_raw_get_one(struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer,

static int snd_audient_raw_set_one(struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer,
const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type *const ctype,
- const u8 cidx, const u32 value)
+ u32 *const cache, const u8 cidx, const u32 value,
+ bool force)
{
int ret;
u32 buf;

- if (ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_FORCE_SET) {
+ if ((ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_FORCE_SET) || force) {
buf = !value; /* just make it different */
} else {
- ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(mixer, ctype, cidx, &buf);
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(mixer, ctype, cache, cidx, &buf);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
}
@@ -328,6 +338,9 @@ static int snd_audient_raw_set_one(struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer,
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

+ if (cache)
+ cache[cidx] = value;
+
return 1;
}

@@ -338,8 +351,8 @@ static int snd_audient_raw_set_one(struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer,
static int snd_ctl_audient_boolean_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ctl_val)
{
- struct usb_mixer_elem_list *const list = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
- struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer = list->mixer;
+ struct usb_mixer_elem_info *const elem = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
+ struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer = elem->head.mixer;

const unsigned int nchan = snd_audient_kctl_channels(kctl);
const unsigned int hwchan = snd_audient_kctl_hwchannels(kctl);
@@ -357,7 +370,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_boolean_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
u32 buf;
int ret;

- ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(mixer, ctype, base + i, &buf);
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(mixer, ctype, elem->private_data,
+ base + i, &buf);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

@@ -374,8 +388,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_boolean_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
static int snd_ctl_audient_boolean_set(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ctl_val)
{
- struct usb_mixer_elem_list *list = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
- struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer = list->mixer;
+ struct usb_mixer_elem_info *const elem = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
+ struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer = elem->head.mixer;

const unsigned int hwchan = snd_audient_kctl_hwchannels(kctl);
const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type *const ctype
@@ -394,7 +408,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_boolean_set(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
: ctype->min.integer;
int ret;

- ret = snd_audient_raw_set_one(mixer, ctype, base + i, buf);
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_set_one(mixer, ctype, elem->private_data,
+ base + i, buf, false);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

@@ -408,8 +423,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_boolean_set(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
static int snd_ctl_audient_integer_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ctl_val)
{
- struct usb_mixer_elem_list *const list = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
- struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer = list->mixer;
+ struct usb_mixer_elem_info *const elem = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
+ struct usb_mixer_interface *const mixer = elem->head.mixer;

const unsigned int nchan = snd_audient_kctl_channels(kctl);
const unsigned int hwchan = snd_audient_kctl_hwchannels(kctl);
@@ -427,7 +442,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_integer_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
s32 val;
int ret;

- ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(mixer, ctype, base + i, &val);
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(mixer, ctype, elem->private_data,
+ base + i, &val);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

@@ -449,8 +465,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_integer_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
static int snd_ctl_audient_integer_set(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ctl_val)
{
- struct usb_mixer_elem_list *list = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
- struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer = list->mixer;
+ struct usb_mixer_elem_info *const elem = snd_kcontrol_chip(kctl);
+ struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer = elem->head.mixer;

const unsigned int hwchan = snd_audient_kctl_hwchannels(kctl);
const struct snd_audient_ctrl_type *const ctype
@@ -475,7 +491,8 @@ static int snd_ctl_audient_integer_set(struct snd_kcontrol *kctl,
s32 val = ctl_val->value.integer.value[i];
int ret;

- ret = snd_audient_raw_set_one(mixer, ctype, base + i, val);
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_set_one(mixer, ctype, elem->private_data,
+ base + i, val, false);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

@@ -516,6 +533,8 @@ static int snd_audient_add_ctrl(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
struct snd_kcontrol *kctl;
struct usb_mixer_elem_info *elem;

+ int ret;
+
knew.iface = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER;
knew.name = ctrl->name;
knew.info = snd_ctl_audient_info;
@@ -523,7 +542,9 @@ static int snd_audient_add_ctrl(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
ctrl->hwchannels);
knew.tlv.p = ctype->tlv;
knew.access = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_READWRITE
- | SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_VOLATILE
+ | ((ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_CACHE)
+ ? 0
+ : SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_VOLATILE)
| (ctype->tlv ? SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_TLV_READ : 0);

switch (ctype->type) {
@@ -539,34 +560,63 @@ static int snd_audient_add_ctrl(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
return -EINVAL;
}

+ elem = kzalloc(sizeof(*elem)
+ + ((ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_CACHE)
+ ? (sizeof(u32) * ctrl->hwchannels)
+ : 0),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!elem)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ elem->head.mixer = mixer;
+ elem->channels = ctrl->channels;
+
+ if (ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_CACHE)
+ elem->private_data = elem + 1;
+
if (ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_INIT_HW) {
int i;

for (i = 0; i < ctrl->hwchannels; i++) {
- int ret = snd_audient_raw_set_one(mixer, ctype,
- ctrl->val_offs + i,
- ctype->init);
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_set_one(mixer, ctype,
+ elem->private_data,
+ ctrl->val_offs + i,
+ ctype->init, true);
if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ goto free_elem;
}
- }
-
- elem = kzalloc_obj(*elem);
- if (!elem)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ } else if (elem->private_data) {
+ u32 *const cache = elem->private_data;
+ int i;

- elem->head.mixer = mixer;
- elem->channels = ctrl->channels;
+ if (ctype->flags & SND_AUDIENT_CTYPE_FLAGS_FORCE_SET)
+ for (i = 0; i < ctrl->hwchannels; i++)
+ cache[i] = ctype->init;
+ else
+ for (i = 0; i < ctrl->hwchannels; i++) {
+ ret = snd_audient_raw_get_one(
+ mixer, ctype, NULL,
+ ctrl->val_offs + i,
+ cache + i);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto free_elem;
+ }
+ }

kctl = snd_ctl_new1(&knew, elem);
if (!kctl) {
- kfree(elem);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto free_elem;
}

kctl->private_free = snd_usb_mixer_elem_free;

return snd_usb_mixer_add_control(&elem->head, kctl);
+
+free_elem:
+ kfree(elem);
+
+ return ret;
}


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