[PATCH 1/5] ALSA: control: Allow NULL passed to snd_ctl_remove()

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>]

There are lots of code checking NULL for kcontrol passed to
snd_ctl_remove() in the caller side.  Let's make snd_ctl_remove()
accepting the NULL kcontrol instead a la free(), so that we can clean
up the caller side.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
---
 sound/core/control.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/core/control.c b/sound/core/control.c
index fb0c60044f7b..7f0999d1671e 100644
--- a/sound/core/control.c
+++ b/sound/core/control.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ static inline int snd_ctl_remove_locked(struct snd_card *card,
  *
  * Removes the control from the card and then releases the instance.
  * You don't need to call snd_ctl_free_one().
+ * Passing NULL to @kcontrol argument is allowed as noop.
  *
  * Return: 0 if successful, or a negative error code on failure.
  *
@@ -611,6 +612,8 @@ static inline int snd_ctl_remove_locked(struct snd_card *card,
  */
 int snd_ctl_remove(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol)
 {
+	if (!kcontrol)
+		return 0;
 	guard(rwsem_write)(&card->controls_rwsem);
 	return snd_ctl_remove_locked(card, kcontrol);
 }
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