Re: [PATCH 2/3] ASoC: tas2783-sdw: load the firmware synchronously

[Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.dev>]

On 10/18/26 22:00, Matthew Schwartz wrote:
> tas_fw_load() requests the firmware asynchronously and gives up waiting
> for the callback after three seconds. tas_io_init() then returns without
> the SDCA function initialization writes, while the callback carries on
> downloading, sets fw_dl_success and so allows playback on an amp that
> never got them. Nothing cancels the callback when the driver is unbound
> either, so it can run on freed driver data. The download takes about
> 1.2 s per amp on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20, so it fits there, but
> nothing bounds it.
> 
> Request the firmware with request_firmware_direct() and download it in
> the caller, as rt1320 does from its io_init, which removes the wait, the
> timeout and the callback. The download now returns its result, so a
> missing or bad firmware file fails tas_io_init() before the init writes
> instead of running them on an amp that refuses playback anyway.

The changes in this patch look ok, but this commit description doesn't
really say *why* or *how often* the firmware download fails.
Is this really a problem on actual devices?
Is this defensive programming?