When SND_HDA_PREALLOC_SIZE is set to 0, applications can request as much memory as there is allowed. With value of AZX_MAX_BUF_SIZE it is 1GB per stream, which is not realistic use case. Change it 4MB. Bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201251#c322 Suggested-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amadeusz Sławiński <amadeuszx.slawinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes: v2: explain in comment that it is an artificial limit, as HW allows for bigger allocations --- include/sound/hda_register.h | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/sound/hda_register.h b/include/sound/hda_register.h index 4f987b1f32f7..ad8b71b1dbb6 100644 --- a/include/sound/hda_register.h +++ b/include/sound/hda_register.h @@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ enum { SDI0, SDI1, SDI2, SDI3, SDO0, SDO1, SDO2, SDO3 }; #define BDL_SIZE 4096 #define AZX_MAX_BDL_ENTRIES (BDL_SIZE / 16) #define AZX_MAX_FRAG 32 -/* max buffer size - no h/w limit, you can increase as you like */ -#define AZX_MAX_BUF_SIZE (1024*1024*1024) +/* + * max buffer size - artificial 4MB limit per stream to avoid big allocations + * In theory it can be really big, but as it is per stream on systems with many streams memory could + * be quickly saturated if userspace requests maximum buffer size for each of them. + */ +#define AZX_MAX_BUF_SIZE (4*1024*1024) /* RIRB int mask: overrun[2], response[0] */ #define RIRB_INT_RESPONSE 0x01 -- 2.25.1