From: "Cássio Gabriel" <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
To: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Cássio Gabriel" <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: als4000: Fix capture trigger chip->mode race
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:30:18 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260417-als4000-capture-trigger-race-v1-1-daeffc2feb67@gmail.com> (raw)
snd_als4000_capture_trigger() updates chip->mode under mixer_lock,
while snd_als4000_set_rate() and snd_als4000_playback_trigger()
serialize the same rate-lock state with reg_lock.
The PCM core serializes callbacks only per acted-on substream, or for an
explicitly linked group, so unlinked playback and capture streams can
run concurrently.
That leaves two races on ALS4000 rate-lock state:
- playback and capture trigger callbacks can concurrently update
chip->mode and lose one of the SB_RATE_LOCK bits
- snd_als4000_set_rate() can observe chip->mode without the capture
lock bit set and reprogram the shared sample rate while capture is
being started
Fix this by taking reg_lock as the outer lock in
snd_als4000_capture_trigger() and nesting mixer_lock only for the CR1E
write. This keeps chip->mode serialized with the rest of the ALS4000
rate-lock users while preserving the existing CR1E programming
sequence.
Signed-off-by: Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
---
sound/pci/als4000.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/pci/als4000.c b/sound/pci/als4000.c
index 33034e07b3d6..636f309c9424 100644
--- a/sound/pci/als4000.c
+++ b/sound/pci/als4000.c
@@ -421,30 +421,26 @@ static int snd_als4000_capture_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int
{
struct snd_sb *chip = snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream);
int result = 0;
-
- /* FIXME race condition in here!!!
- chip->mode non-atomic update gets consistently protected
- by reg_lock always, _except_ for this place!!
- Probably need to take reg_lock as outer (or inner??) lock, too.
- (or serialize both lock operations? probably not, though... - racy?)
- */
- guard(spinlock)(&chip->mixer_lock);
- switch (cmd) {
- case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START:
- case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_RESUME:
- chip->mode |= SB_RATE_LOCK_CAPTURE;
- snd_als4_cr_write(chip, ALS4K_CR1E_FIFO2_CONTROL,
- capture_cmd(chip));
- break;
- case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
- case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_SUSPEND:
- chip->mode &= ~SB_RATE_LOCK_CAPTURE;
- snd_als4_cr_write(chip, ALS4K_CR1E_FIFO2_CONTROL,
- capture_cmd(chip));
- break;
- default:
- result = -EINVAL;
- break;
+
+ guard(spinlock)(&chip->reg_lock);
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &chip->mixer_lock) {
+ switch (cmd) {
+ case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START:
+ case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_RESUME:
+ chip->mode |= SB_RATE_LOCK_CAPTURE;
+ snd_als4_cr_write(chip, ALS4K_CR1E_FIFO2_CONTROL,
+ capture_cmd(chip));
+ break;
+ case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
+ case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_SUSPEND:
+ chip->mode &= ~SB_RATE_LOCK_CAPTURE;
+ snd_als4_cr_write(chip, ALS4K_CR1E_FIFO2_CONTROL,
+ capture_cmd(chip));
+ break;
+ default:
+ result = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
}
return result;
}
---
base-commit: 99c71f13f9841f8c67fa7595bf0834d3045f5d24
change-id: 20260416-als4000-capture-trigger-race-cc8b2bfd3cfa
Best regards,
--
Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
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