From: Cristian Ciocaltea cristian.ciocaltea@collabora.com
[ Upstream commit fd3ab72e42e9871a9902b945a2bf8bb87b49c718 ]
Fix all macro related issues identified by checkpatch.pl:
CHECK: Macro argument 'x' may be better as '(x)' to avoid precedence issues
Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea cristian.ciocaltea@collabora.com Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250526-dualsense-alsa-jack-v1-3-1a821463b632@coll... Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org ---
LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:
**YES**
This commit should be backported to stable kernel trees. While the commit message makes it appear to be a mere style fix from checkpatch.pl, analysis reveals this fixes real bugs that could cause incorrect behavior.
**Critical Analysis:**
1. **Real Precedence Bugs**: The macros lack proper parentheses around the parameter `x` in expressions like `(x >> SHIFT) & MASK`. Without parentheses, if a complex expression is passed as the argument, operator precedence can cause incorrect evaluation.
2. **Concrete Example of Bug**: The most concerning usage is at line 2357 in the RME driver: ```c freq <<= SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL(status1); ``` If `status1` were ever replaced with an expression like `status1 | 0x100000`, the macro would evaluate incorrectly: - Without fix: `(status1 | 0x100000 >> 18) & 0x7` evaluates as `(status1 | (0x100000 >> 18)) & 0x7` - With fix: `((status1 | 0x100000) >> 18) & 0x7` evaluates correctly
3. **Long-standing Issue**: These problematic macros were introduced in commit d39f1d68fe1d ("ALSA: usb-audio: Implement UAC2 jack detection") from October 2018, meaning this bug has existed for approximately 7 years.
4. **Hardware Impact**: These macros are used to extract clock configuration and synchronization status from RME Class Compliant USB audio devices. Incorrect calculations could lead to: - Wrong frequency calculations - Incorrect clock source detection - Misreported synchronization status
5. **Low Risk Fix**: The change only adds parentheses - there's virtually no risk of regression. The fix is minimal, obvious, and correct.
6. **Stable Criteria Met**: This satisfies stable kernel requirements: - Fixes a real bug (not just style) - Small and contained change - Cannot introduce new issues - Affects hardware functionality - Has been tested (merged upstream)
The commit should be backported to all stable trees containing the original problematic code from 2018 onwards.
sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c b/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c index 5eccc8af839f..03cba220fff1 100644 --- a/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c +++ b/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c @@ -2132,15 +2132,15 @@ static int dell_dock_mixer_init(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer) #define SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL_SHIFT 18 #define SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL_MASK 0x7 #define SND_RME_CLK_SYSTEM(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_CLK_SYSTEM_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_SYSTEM_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_CLK_SYSTEM_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_SYSTEM_MASK) #define SND_RME_CLK_AES(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_CLK_AES_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_AES_SPDIF_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_CLK_AES_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_AES_SPDIF_MASK) #define SND_RME_CLK_SPDIF(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_CLK_SPDIF_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_AES_SPDIF_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_CLK_SPDIF_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_AES_SPDIF_MASK) #define SND_RME_CLK_SYNC(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_CLK_SYNC_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_SYNC_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_CLK_SYNC_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_SYNC_MASK) #define SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL_SHIFT) & SND_RME_CLK_FREQMUL_MASK) #define SND_RME_CLK_AES_LOCK 0x1 #define SND_RME_CLK_AES_SYNC 0x4 #define SND_RME_CLK_SPDIF_LOCK 0x2 @@ -2149,9 +2149,9 @@ static int dell_dock_mixer_init(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer) #define SND_RME_SPDIF_FORMAT_SHIFT 5 #define SND_RME_BINARY_MASK 0x1 #define SND_RME_SPDIF_IF(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_SPDIF_IF_SHIFT) & SND_RME_BINARY_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_SPDIF_IF_SHIFT) & SND_RME_BINARY_MASK) #define SND_RME_SPDIF_FORMAT(x) \ - ((x >> SND_RME_SPDIF_FORMAT_SHIFT) & SND_RME_BINARY_MASK) + (((x) >> SND_RME_SPDIF_FORMAT_SHIFT) & SND_RME_BINARY_MASK)
static const u32 snd_rme_rate_table[] = { 32000, 44100, 48000, 50000,