Hi, this is a patch set to add a new feature to ALSA control interface, a validation for the write to control elements. So far we rely fully on the driver implementation to deal with the user inputs with invalid values (e.g. a value outside the defined range). This patch set allows ALSA core to verify the input values beforehand and returns the error immediately if the validation fails. The feature is enabled with a new Kconfig for now, as it brings a slight performance overhead, although this could be turned on as default in most cases, IMO. The patch set contains a few preliminary cleanup patches. The essential change is only the last one. Takashi === Takashi Iwai (4): ASoC: topology: Drop superfluous check of CONFIG_SND_CTL_VALIDATION ALSA: control: Rename CONFIG_SND_CTL_VALIDATION to CONFIG_SND_CTL_DEBUG ALSA: control: Drop superfluous ifdef CONFIG_SND_CTL_DEBUG ALSA: control: Add input validation include/sound/control.h | 2 +- sound/core/Kconfig | 27 ++++++++++--- sound/core/control.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- sound/soc/soc-topology.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) -- 2.35.3