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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
To: Linux Sound ML <linux-sound@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Improve the fix for race of buffer access at PCM OSS layer
Date: Wed,  7 Jan 2026 22:36:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260107213642.332954-1-perex@perex.cz> (raw)

Handle the error code from snd_pcm_buffer_access_lock() in
snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence() function.

Found by Alexandros Panagiotou <apanagio@redhat.com>

Fixes: 93a81ca06577 ("ALSA: pcm: Fix race of buffer access at PCM OSS layer")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.15
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
---
 include/sound/pcm.h      | 2 +-
 sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c | 4 +++-
 sound/core/pcm_native.c  | 9 +++++++--
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 58fd6e84f961..a7860c047503 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ int snd_pcm_lib_mmap_iomem(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct vm_area_s
 #define snd_pcm_lib_mmap_iomem	NULL
 #endif
 
-void snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime);
+int snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime);
 
 /**
  * snd_pcm_limit_isa_dma_size - Get the max size fitting with ISA DMA transfer
diff --git a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
index a82dd155e1d3..b12df5b5ddfc 100644
--- a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,9 @@ static int snd_pcm_oss_change_params_locked(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	runtime->oss.params = 0;
 	runtime->oss.prepare = 1;
 	runtime->oss.buffer_used = 0;
-	snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(runtime);
+	err = snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(runtime);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto failure;
 
 	runtime->oss.period_frames = snd_pcm_alsa_frames(substream, oss_period_size);
 
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 68bee40c9ada..932a9bf98cbc 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -730,13 +730,18 @@ static void snd_pcm_buffer_access_unlock(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime)
 }
 
 /* fill the PCM buffer with the current silence format; called from pcm_oss.c */
-void snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime)
+int snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime)
 {
-	snd_pcm_buffer_access_lock(runtime);
+	int err;
+
+	err = snd_pcm_buffer_access_lock(runtime);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 	if (runtime->dma_area)
 		snd_pcm_format_set_silence(runtime->format, runtime->dma_area,
 					   bytes_to_samples(runtime, runtime->dma_bytes));
 	snd_pcm_buffer_access_unlock(runtime);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence);
 
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-07 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-07 21:36 Jaroslav Kysela [this message]
2026-01-08  7:22 ` [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Improve the fix for race of buffer access at PCM OSS layer Takashi Iwai

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