This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ALSA: au88x0: use explicitly signed char to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: alsa-au88x0-use-explicitly-signed-char.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From ee03c0f200eb0d9f22dd8732d9fb7956d91019c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:29:29 +0200 Subject: ALSA: au88x0: use explicitly signed char From: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> commit ee03c0f200eb0d9f22dd8732d9fb7956d91019c2 upstream. With char becoming unsigned by default, and with `char` alone being ambiguous and based on architecture, signed chars need to be marked explicitly as such. This fixes warnings like: sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c:2029 vortex_adb_checkinout() warn: signedness bug returning '(-22)' sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c:2046 vortex_adb_checkinout() warn: signedness bug returning '(-12)' sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c:2125 vortex_adb_allocroute() warn: 'vortex_adb_checkinout(vortex, (0), en, 0)' is unsigned sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c:2170 vortex_adb_allocroute() warn: 'vortex_adb_checkinout(vortex, stream->resources, en, 4)' is unsigned As well, since one function returns errnos, return an `int` rather than a `signed char`. Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221024162929.536004-1-Jason@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.h | 6 +++--- sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.h +++ b/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.h @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct snd_vortex { #ifndef CHIP_AU8810 stream_t dma_wt[NR_WT]; wt_voice_t wt_voice[NR_WT]; /* WT register cache. */ - char mixwt[(NR_WT / NR_WTPB) * 6]; /* WT mixin objects */ + s8 mixwt[(NR_WT / NR_WTPB) * 6]; /* WT mixin objects */ #endif /* Global resources */ @@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ static int vortex_alsafmt_aspfmt(snd_pcm static void vortex_connect_default(vortex_t * vortex, int en); static int vortex_adb_allocroute(vortex_t * vortex, int dma, int nr_ch, int dir, int type, int subdev); -static char vortex_adb_checkinout(vortex_t * vortex, int resmap[], int out, - int restype); +static int vortex_adb_checkinout(vortex_t * vortex, int resmap[], int out, + int restype); #ifndef CHIP_AU8810 static int vortex_wt_allocroute(vortex_t * vortex, int dma, int nr_ch); static void vortex_wt_connect(vortex_t * vortex, int en); --- a/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c +++ b/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c @@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ static const int resnum[VORTEX_RESOURCE_ out: Mean checkout if != 0. Else mean Checkin resource. restype: Indicates type of resource to be checked in or out. */ -static char +static int vortex_adb_checkinout(vortex_t * vortex, int resmap[], int out, int restype) { int i, qty = resnum[restype], resinuse = 0; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from Jason@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/alsa-au88x0-use-explicitly-signed-char.patch queue-5.15/alsa-rme9652-use-explicitly-signed-char.patch