Patch "ALSA: hda - Implement loopback control switch for Realtek and other codecs" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    ALSA: hda - Implement loopback control switch for Realtek and other codecs

to the 4.4-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-hda-implement-loopback-control-switch-for-realtek-and-other-codecs.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From e7fdd52779a6c2b49d457f452296a77c8cffef6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:00:42 +0100
Subject: ALSA: hda - Implement loopback control switch for Realtek and other codecs

From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>

commit e7fdd52779a6c2b49d457f452296a77c8cffef6a upstream.

Many codecs, typically found on Realtek codecs, have the analog
loopback path merged to the secondary input of the middle of the
output paths.  Currently, we don't offer the dynamic switching in such
configuration but let each loopback path mute by itself.

This should work well in theory, but in reality, we often see that
such a dead loopback path causes some background noises even if all
the elements get muted.  Such a problem has been fixed by adding the
quirk accordingly to disable aamix, and it's the right fix, per se.
The only problem is that it's not so trivial to achieve it; user needs
to pass a hint string via patch module option or sysfs.

This patch gives a bit improvement on the situation: it adds "Loopback
Mixing" control element for such codecs like other codecs (e.g. IDT or
VIA codecs) with the individual loopback paths.  User can turn on/off
the loopback path simply via a mixer app.

For keeping the compatibility, the loopback is still enabled on these
codecs.  But user can try to turn it off if experiencing a suspicious
background or click noise on the fly, then build a static fixup later
once after the problem is addressed.

Other than the addition of the loopback enable/disablement control,
there should be no changes.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c |   87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
@@ -771,9 +771,6 @@ static void activate_amp(struct hda_code
 	unsigned int caps;
 	unsigned int mask, val;
 
-	if (!enable && is_active_nid(codec, nid, dir, idx_to_check))
-		return;
-
 	caps = query_amp_caps(codec, nid, dir);
 	val = get_amp_val_to_activate(codec, nid, dir, caps, enable);
 	mask = get_amp_mask_to_modify(codec, nid, dir, idx_to_check, caps);
@@ -784,12 +781,22 @@ static void activate_amp(struct hda_code
 	update_amp(codec, nid, dir, idx, mask, val);
 }
 
+static void check_and_activate_amp(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
+				   int dir, int idx, int idx_to_check,
+				   bool enable)
+{
+	/* check whether the given amp is still used by others */
+	if (!enable && is_active_nid(codec, nid, dir, idx_to_check))
+		return;
+	activate_amp(codec, nid, dir, idx, idx_to_check, enable);
+}
+
 static void activate_amp_out(struct hda_codec *codec, struct nid_path *path,
 			     int i, bool enable)
 {
 	hda_nid_t nid = path->path[i];
 	init_amp(codec, nid, HDA_OUTPUT, 0);
-	activate_amp(codec, nid, HDA_OUTPUT, 0, 0, enable);
+	check_and_activate_amp(codec, nid, HDA_OUTPUT, 0, 0, enable);
 }
 
 static void activate_amp_in(struct hda_codec *codec, struct nid_path *path,
@@ -817,9 +824,16 @@ static void activate_amp_in(struct hda_c
 	 * when aa-mixer is available, we need to enable the path as well
 	 */
 	for (n = 0; n < nums; n++) {
-		if (n != idx && (!add_aamix || conn[n] != spec->mixer_merge_nid))
-			continue;
-		activate_amp(codec, nid, HDA_INPUT, n, idx, enable);
+		if (n != idx) {
+			if (conn[n] != spec->mixer_merge_nid)
+				continue;
+			/* when aamix is disabled, force to off */
+			if (!add_aamix) {
+				activate_amp(codec, nid, HDA_INPUT, n, n, false);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		check_and_activate_amp(codec, nid, HDA_INPUT, n, idx, enable);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1580,6 +1594,12 @@ static bool map_singles(struct hda_codec
 	return found;
 }
 
+static inline bool has_aamix_out_paths(struct hda_gen_spec *spec)
+{
+	return spec->aamix_out_paths[0] || spec->aamix_out_paths[1] ||
+		spec->aamix_out_paths[2];
+}
+
 /* create a new path including aamix if available, and return its index */
 static int check_aamix_out_path(struct hda_codec *codec, int path_idx)
 {
@@ -2422,25 +2442,51 @@ static void update_aamix_paths(struct hd
 	}
 }
 
+/* re-initialize the output paths; only called from loopback_mixing_put() */
+static void update_output_paths(struct hda_codec *codec, int num_outs,
+				const int *paths)
+{
+	struct hda_gen_spec *spec = codec->spec;
+	struct nid_path *path;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_outs; i++) {
+		path = snd_hda_get_path_from_idx(codec, paths[i]);
+		if (path)
+			snd_hda_activate_path(codec, path, path->active,
+					      spec->aamix_mode);
+	}
+}
+
 static int loopback_mixing_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 			       struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ucontrol)
 {
 	struct hda_codec *codec = snd_kcontrol_chip(kcontrol);
 	struct hda_gen_spec *spec = codec->spec;
+	const struct auto_pin_cfg *cfg = &spec->autocfg;
 	unsigned int val = ucontrol->value.enumerated.item[0];
 
 	if (val == spec->aamix_mode)
 		return 0;
 	spec->aamix_mode = val;
-	update_aamix_paths(codec, val, spec->out_paths[0],
-			   spec->aamix_out_paths[0],
-			   spec->autocfg.line_out_type);
-	update_aamix_paths(codec, val, spec->hp_paths[0],
-			   spec->aamix_out_paths[1],
-			   AUTO_PIN_HP_OUT);
-	update_aamix_paths(codec, val, spec->speaker_paths[0],
-			   spec->aamix_out_paths[2],
-			   AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT);
+	if (has_aamix_out_paths(spec)) {
+		update_aamix_paths(codec, val, spec->out_paths[0],
+				   spec->aamix_out_paths[0],
+				   cfg->line_out_type);
+		update_aamix_paths(codec, val, spec->hp_paths[0],
+				   spec->aamix_out_paths[1],
+				   AUTO_PIN_HP_OUT);
+		update_aamix_paths(codec, val, spec->speaker_paths[0],
+				   spec->aamix_out_paths[2],
+				   AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT);
+	} else {
+		update_output_paths(codec, cfg->line_outs, spec->out_paths);
+		if (cfg->line_out_type != AUTO_PIN_HP_OUT)
+			update_output_paths(codec, cfg->hp_outs, spec->hp_paths);
+		if (cfg->line_out_type != AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT)
+			update_output_paths(codec, cfg->speaker_outs,
+					    spec->speaker_paths);
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2458,12 +2504,13 @@ static int create_loopback_mixing_ctl(st
 
 	if (!spec->mixer_nid)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(spec->aamix_out_paths[0] || spec->aamix_out_paths[1] ||
-	      spec->aamix_out_paths[2]))
-		return 0;
 	if (!snd_hda_gen_add_kctl(spec, NULL, &loopback_mixing_enum))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	spec->have_aamix_ctl = 1;
+	/* if no explicit aamix path is present (e.g. for Realtek codecs),
+	 * enable aamix as default -- just for compatibility
+	 */
+	spec->aamix_mode = !has_aamix_out_paths(spec);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -5664,6 +5711,8 @@ static void init_aamix_paths(struct hda_
 
 	if (!spec->have_aamix_ctl)
 		return;
+	if (!has_aamix_out_paths(spec))
+		return;
 	update_aamix_paths(codec, spec->aamix_mode, spec->out_paths[0],
 			   spec->aamix_out_paths[0],
 			   spec->autocfg.line_out_type);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tiwai@xxxxxxx are

queue-4.4/alsa-hda-implement-loopback-control-switch-for-realtek-and-other-codecs.patch
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