Re: [PATCH] ALSA: core: Validate device type for dynamic minors

From: Takashi Iwai

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 02:49:26 EST


On Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:52:05 +0100,
Sreeraj S Kurup wrote:
>
> Reject unsupported device types when allocating dynamic minors.
>
> This prevents invalid device types from being registered and
> avoids unnecessarily consuming available minor numbers.
>
> Return -EINVAL for unsupported device types.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239@xxxxxxxxx>

As it's no urgent fix, I applied to for-next branch now.


thanks,

Takashi