From: Baojun Xu <baojun.xu(a)ti.com>
[ Upstream commit 7a39c723b7472b8aaa2e0a67d2b6c7cf1c45cafb ]
Add new vendor_id and subsystem_id in quirk for HP new projects.
Signed-off-by: Baojun Xu <baojun.xu(a)ti.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251108142325.2563-1-baojun.xu@ti.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai(a)suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal(a)kernel.org>
---
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## COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
### 1. COMMIT OVERVIEW
**Mainline Commit**: 7a39c723b7472b8aaa2e0a67d2b6c7cf1c45cafb
**Date**: November 9, 2025
**Author**: Baojun Xu (Texas Instruments - TAS2781 chip manufacturer)
**Subject**: "ALSA: hda/tas2781: Add new quirk for HP new projects"
**Present in**: v6.18-rc6
### 2. WHAT THIS COMMIT DOES
The commit adds 9 new PCI quirk entries to the Realtek HD-audio codec
driver:
**6 HP Merino models** (0x103c:0x8ed5 through 0x8eda):
- HP Merino13X, Merino13, Merino14, Merino16, Merino14W, Merino16W
- Mapped to `ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2` (TAS2781 via SPI bus)
**3 HP Lampas models** (0x103c:0x8f40 through 0x8f42):
- HP Lampas14, Lampas16, LampasW14
- Mapped to `ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C` (TAS2781 via I2C bus)
### 3. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS - HOW THIS WORKS
**The Infrastructure (already exists in 6.17 stable)**:
The TAS2781 fixup infrastructure was introduced in commit aeeb85f26c3bbe
on July 9, 2025, as part of a major Realtek driver refactoring. I
verified it exists in the current 6.17.8 stable tree:
- **Fixup functions** at lines 3016-3031:
- `tas2781_fixup_tias_i2c()` - sets up I2C-connected TAS2781 chips
- `tas2781_fixup_spi()` - sets up SPI-connected TAS2781 chips
- **Fixup enum entries** at lines 3704, 3706:
- `ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C`
- `ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2`
- **Fixup implementations** at lines 5979-5990 calling
`comp_generic_fixup()`
**What happens without this patch**:
The `comp_generic_fixup()` function (line 2884) sets up component
bindings between the HDA codec driver and the TAS2781 amplifier driver.
Without the correct quirk entry mapping the subsystem ID to the fixup:
1. The kernel won't recognize these HP laptop models
2. The TAS2781 audio amplifier chips won't be properly initialized
3. **Audio output (speakers) will not work** on these devices
4. Users will have non-functional hardware
This is identical to how CS35L41 amplifiers are handled (lines
2969-2992) - without quirk entries, the hardware doesn't work.
### 4. BUG CLASSIFICATION
**Type**: Hardware enablement / Device ID addition
**Severity**: HIGH - Complete loss of audio output functionality
**Impact**: Users with these specific HP laptop models (new 2025
releases) will have no working speakers
### 5. STABLE KERNEL RULES ASSESSMENT
This commit falls squarely into the **ALLOWED EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**:
**Category 1: NEW DEVICE IDs**
- ✅ Adding subsystem IDs (PCI vendor:device pairs) to existing driver
- ✅ The driver (Realtek ALC269) already exists in stable
- ✅ The fixup infrastructure (TAS2781 support) already exists in stable
- ✅ Only the device IDs are new - trivial one-line additions
**Category 2: QUIRKS and WORKAROUNDS**
- ✅ Hardware-specific quirks for real devices
- ✅ Fixes broken/non-functional hardware (speakers don't work without
this)
- ✅ Standard pattern used throughout the ALSA subsystem
**Comparison to established precedent**:
- Similar to commit 1036e9bd513bd "ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk entry
for HP ZBook 17 G6" (explicitly marked Cc: stable)
- Pattern matches dozens of other quirk additions already in stable
trees
- Same author (Baojun Xu) has submitted multiple similar commits that
were backported
### 6. CODE ANALYSIS
**Change scope**: MINIMAL and SURGICAL
- **9 lines added**, 0 lines removed
- Single file modified: `sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c`
- Only touches the quirk table - a static data structure
- No logic changes, no API changes, no new functions
**Regression risk**: EXTREMELY LOW
- Pure data additions to a lookup table
- Cannot affect existing hardware (different subsystem IDs)
- Only affects users with these exact HP laptop models
- If something goes wrong, only affects these 9 specific device
configurations
- The fixup code being called is already tested and in use by 50+ other
devices
### 7. TESTING AND VALIDATION
**Mainline stability**:
- Committed November 9, 2025 to v6.18-rc6
- Clean commit with proper sign-offs
- Author is from Texas Instruments (TAS2781 chip vendor)
- Part of ongoing hardware support maintenance
**Similar commits already backported**:
- Multiple TAS2781 quirk additions already in stable trees
- Pattern matches hundreds of similar quirk additions
- The ALSA maintainer (Takashi Iwai) approved and signed off
### 8. USER IMPACT
**Affected users**:
- Owners of HP Merino/Lampas series laptops (2025 models)
- These are new commercial/consumer HP products
- Without this patch: **Complete audio failure** (speakers don't work)
**Benefits of backporting**:
- Enables working audio hardware on new devices
- Users can run stable kernels without losing functionality
- Prevents need for custom patches or mainline-only kernels
**Risk of NOT backporting**:
- Users with these laptops forced to use mainline kernels (less stable)
- Bug reports and support burden for distributions
- Poor user experience with "stable" kernels
### 9. DEPENDENCY ANALYSIS
**Dependencies**: NONE - all infrastructure exists
- TAS2781 fixup functions: ✅ Present in 6.17 stable (verified at lines
3016-3031)
- Fixup enum values: ✅ Present in 6.17 stable (verified at lines 3704,
3706)
- Component binding infrastructure: ✅ Present (comp_generic_fixup at
line 2884)
**Backport complexity**: TRIVIAL
- Patch applies cleanly to 6.17 stable (already backported to other
stable trees)
- No context changes needed
- Standard quirk table addition
### 10. MAINTAINER SIGNALS
- ❌ No explicit "Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org" tag
- ❌ No "Fixes:" tag (this enables new hardware, doesn't fix a
regression)
- ✅ But: Fits established pattern of hardware quirks routinely
backported
- ✅ Already backported to multiple stable trees (commits 05c33655cef92,
a612312d5c015)
- ✅ Stable maintainer (Sasha Levin) already picked this up for
backporting
### 11. FINAL ASSESSMENT
This commit is a **textbook example** of hardware quirk additions that
stable kernel rules explicitly allow. It:
1. **Fixes real hardware** (non-functional speakers on new HP laptops)
2. **Minimal code change** (9 data-only lines)
3. **Zero regression risk** (only affects 9 specific device IDs)
4. **Infrastructure exists** (all TAS2781 support already in place)
5. **Matches established pattern** (hundreds of similar quirks in
stable)
6. **High user benefit** (enables critical hardware functionality)
The fact that it lacks explicit stable tags is irrelevant - this type of
hardware enablement is routinely backported as part of normal stable
tree maintenance. The commit is already being picked up by stable
maintainers for multiple trees.
**YES**
sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
index 28297e936a96f..d1b9f43c883c2 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
@@ -6683,6 +6683,15 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = {
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8e60, "HP Trekker ", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8e61, "HP Trekker ", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8e62, "HP Trekker ", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed5, "HP Merino13X", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed6, "HP Merino13", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed7, "HP Merino14", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed8, "HP Merino16", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed9, "HP Merino14W", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8eda, "HP Merino16W", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8f40, "HP Lampas14", ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8f41, "HP Lampas16", ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8f42, "HP LampasW14", ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1032, "ASUS VivoBook X513EA", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1034, "ASUS GU605C", ALC285_FIXUP_ASUS_GU605_SPI_SPEAKER2_TO_DAC1),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x103e, "ASUS X540SA", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC),
--
2.51.0
Protect access to fore200e->available_cell_rate with rate_mtx lock in the
error handling path of fore200e_open() to prevent a data race.
The field fore200e->available_cell_rate is a shared resource used to track
available bandwidth. It is concurrently accessed by fore200e_open(),
fore200e_close(), and fore200e_change_qos().
In fore200e_open(), the lock rate_mtx is correctly held when subtracting
vcc->qos.txtp.max_pcr from available_cell_rate to reserve bandwidth.
However, if the subsequent call to fore200e_activate_vcin() fails, the
function restores the reserved bandwidth by adding back to
available_cell_rate without holding the lock.
This introduces a race condition because available_cell_rate is a global
device resource shared across all VCCs. If the error path in
fore200e_open() executes concurrently with operations like
fore200e_close() or fore200e_change_qos() on other VCCs, a
read-modify-write race occurs.
Specifically, the error path reads the rate without the lock. If another
CPU acquires the lock and modifies the rate (e.g., releasing bandwidth in
fore200e_close()) between this read and the subsequent write, the error
path will overwrite the concurrent update with a stale value. This results
in incorrect bandwidth accounting.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02(a)gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms(a)kernel.org>
---
v3:
* Expanded the commit message to describe the specific call paths causing
the race, as suggested by Jakub Kicinski and Paolo Abeni.
v2:
* Added a description of the data race hazard in fore200e_open(), as
suggested by Jakub Kicinski and Simon Horman.
---
drivers/atm/fore200e.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/atm/fore200e.c b/drivers/atm/fore200e.c
index 4fea1149e003..f62e38571440 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/fore200e.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/fore200e.c
@@ -1374,7 +1374,9 @@ fore200e_open(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
vcc->dev_data = NULL;
+ mutex_lock(&fore200e->rate_mtx);
fore200e->available_cell_rate += vcc->qos.txtp.max_pcr;
+ mutex_unlock(&fore200e->rate_mtx);
kfree(fore200e_vcc);
return -EINVAL;
--
2.34.1
Correct RGMII delay application logic in lan937x_set_tune_adj().
The function was missing `data16 &= ~PORT_TUNE_ADJ` before setting the
new delay value. This caused the new value to be bitwise-OR'd with the
existing PORT_TUNE_ADJ field instead of replacing it.
For example, when setting the RGMII 2 TX delay on port 4, the
intended TUNE_ADJUST value of 0 (RGMII_2_TX_DELAY_2NS) was
incorrectly OR'd with the default 0x1B (from register value 0xDA3),
leaving the delay at the wrong setting.
This patch adds the missing mask to clear the field, ensuring the
correct delay value is written. Physical measurements on the RGMII TX
lines confirm the fix, showing the delay changing from ~1ns (before
change) to ~2ns.
While testing on i.MX 8MP showed this was within the platform's timing
tolerance, it did not match the intended hardware-characterized value.
Fixes: b19ac41faa3f ("net: dsa: microchip: apply rgmii tx and rx delay in phylink mac config")
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel(a)pengutronix.de>
---
drivers/net/dsa/microchip/lan937x_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/lan937x_main.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/lan937x_main.c
index b1ae3b9de3d1..5a1496fff445 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/lan937x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/lan937x_main.c
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ static void lan937x_set_tune_adj(struct ksz_device *dev, int port,
ksz_pread16(dev, port, reg, &data16);
/* Update tune Adjust */
+ data16 &= ~PORT_TUNE_ADJ;
data16 |= FIELD_PREP(PORT_TUNE_ADJ, val);
ksz_pwrite16(dev, port, reg, data16);
--
2.47.3
Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order
pages") introduced an early check on the folio's order via
mapping->flags before proceeding with the split work.
This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and
truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing
mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer
dereference.
This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL
before any attempt to access mapping->flags.
Fixes: c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy(a)nvidia.com>
Cc: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david(a)kernel.org>
Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>
---
This patch is based on current mm-new, latest commit:
febb34c02328 dt-bindings: riscv: Add Svrsw60t59b extension description
v2:
* just move folio->mapping ahead
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index efea42d68157..4e9e920f306d 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3929,6 +3929,16 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
if (folio != page_folio(split_at) || folio != page_folio(lock_at))
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Folios that just got truncated cannot get split. Signal to the
+ * caller that there was a race.
+ *
+ * TODO: this will also currently refuse shmem folios that are in the
+ * swapcache.
+ */
+ if (!is_anon && !folio->mapping)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
if (new_order >= old_order)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -3965,18 +3975,6 @@ static int __folio_split(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
gfp_t gfp;
mapping = folio->mapping;
-
- /* Truncated ? */
- /*
- * TODO: add support for large shmem folio in swap cache.
- * When shmem is in swap cache, mapping is NULL and
- * folio_test_swapcache() is true.
- */
- if (!mapping) {
- ret = -EBUSY;
- goto out;
- }
-
min_order = mapping_min_folio_order(folio->mapping);
if (new_order < min_order) {
ret = -EINVAL;
--
2.34.1
Hi all,
I worked on adding PTP support for the KSZ8463. While doing so, I ran
into a few bugs in the resource release process that occur when things go
wrong arount IRQ initialization.
This small series fixes those bugs.
The next series, which will add the PTP support, depend on this one.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (Schneider Electric) <bastien.curutchet(a)bootlin.com>
---
Changes in v6:
- PATCH 4: Jump in the middle of the release loop instead of partially
freeing resource before jumping at the beginning of the release loop.
- PATCH 5: Add Andrew's Reviewed-By.
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251118-ksz-fix-v5-0-8e9c7f56618d@bootlin.com
Changes in v5:
- All: Add Cc Tag.
- PATCH 3: Use dsa_switch_for_each_user_port_continue_reverse() to only
iterate over initialized ports.
- PATCH 4: Also clean PTP IRQs on port initialization failures
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251117-ksz-fix-v4-0-13e1da58a492@bootlin.com
Changes in v4:
- PATCH 1 & 2: Add Andrew's Reviewed-By.
- PATCH 3: Ensure ksz_irq is initialized outside of ksz_irq_free()
- Add PATCH 4
- PATCH 5: Fix symetry issues in ksz_ptp_msg_irq_{setup/free}()
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251114-ksz-fix-v3-0-acbb3b9cc32f@bootlin.com
Changes in v3:
- PATCH 1 and 3: Fix Fixes tags
- PATCH 3: Move the irq_dispose_mapping() behind the check that verifies that
the domain is initialized
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251106-ksz-fix-v2-0-07188f608873@bootlin.com
Changes in v2:
- Add Fixes tag.
- Split PATCH 1 in two patches as it needed two different Fixes tags
- Add details in commit logs
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251031-ksz-fix-v1-0-7e46de999ed1@bootlin.com
---
Bastien Curutchet (Schneider Electric) (5):
net: dsa: microchip: common: Fix checks on irq_find_mapping()
net: dsa: microchip: ptp: Fix checks on irq_find_mapping()
net: dsa: microchip: Don't free uninitialized ksz_irq
net: dsa: microchip: Free previously initialized ports on init failures
net: dsa: microchip: Fix symetry in ksz_ptp_msg_irq_{setup/free}()
drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_ptp.c | 22 +++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 09652e543e809c2369dca142fee5d9b05be9bdc7
change-id: 20251031-ksz-fix-db345df7635f
Best regards,
--
Bastien Curutchet (Schneider Electric) <bastien.curutchet(a)bootlin.com>
Commit fc96ec826bce ("spi: fsl-cpm: Use 16 bit mode for large transfers
with even size") failed to make sure that the size is really even
before switching to 16 bit mode. Until recently the problem went
unnoticed because kernfs uses a pre-allocated bounce buffer of size
PAGE_SIZE for reading EEPROM.
But commit 8ad6249c51d0 ("eeprom: at25: convert to spi-mem API")
introduced an additional dynamically allocated bounce buffer whose size
is exactly the size of the transfer, leading to a buffer overrun in
the fsl-cpm driver when that size is odd.
Add the missing length parity verification and remain in 8 bit mode
when the length is not even.
Fixes: fc96ec826bce ("spi: fsl-cpm: Use 16 bit mode for large transfers with even size")
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/638496dd-ec60-4e53-bad7-eb657f67d580@csgroup.eu/
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy(a)csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Sverdlin Alexander <alexander.sverdlin(a)siemens.com>
---
v2: Updated with comments from Alexander
---
drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index 2f2082652a1a..481a7b28aacd 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static int fsl_spi_prepare_message(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
if (t->bits_per_word == 16 || t->bits_per_word == 32)
t->bits_per_word = 8; /* pretend its 8 bits */
if (t->bits_per_word == 8 && t->len >= 256 &&
- (mpc8xxx_spi->flags & SPI_CPM1))
+ !(t->len & 1) && (mpc8xxx_spi->flags & SPI_CPM1))
t->bits_per_word = 16;
}
}
--
2.49.0