Re: [PATCH 1/2] ALSA: sscape: Cache per-card resources for board reinitialization

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:54:29 +0200,
Cássio Gabriel wrote:
> +/*
> + * Restore the SoundScape's MIDI control state after the firmware
> + * upload has made the host interface available again.
> + */
> +static int sscape_restore_midi_state(struct soundscape *sscape)
> +{
> +	int err = 1;
> +
> +	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&sscape->lock);
> +	set_host_mode_unsafe(sscape->io_base);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, CMD_SET_MIDI_VOL, 100);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, sscape->midi_vol, 100);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, CMD_XXX_MIDI_VOL, 100);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, sscape->midi_vol, 100);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, CMD_SET_EXTMIDI, 100);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, 0, 100);
> +	err &= host_write_ctrl_unsafe(sscape->io_base, CMD_ACK, 100);
> +	set_midi_mode_unsafe(sscape->io_base);
> +
> +	return err ? 0 : -EIO;

The above means it checks only the error of the last write.
Is it intentional?


thanks,

Takashi