This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ALSA: ctl: Stop notification after disconnection 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-ctl-stop-notification-after-disconnection.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 f388cdcdd160687c6650833f286b9c89c50960ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 08:05:19 +0200 Subject: ALSA: ctl: Stop notification after disconnection From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> commit f388cdcdd160687c6650833f286b9c89c50960ff upstream. snd_ctl_remove() has a notification for the removal event. It's superfluous when done during the device got disconnected. Although the notification itself is mostly harmless, it may potentially be harmful, and should be suppressed. Actually some components PCM may free ctl elements during the disconnect or free callbacks, thus it's no theoretical issue. This patch adds the check of card->shutdown flag for avoiding unnecessary notifications after (or during) the disconnect. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/control.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/sound/core/control.c +++ b/sound/core/control.c @@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ void snd_ctl_notify(struct snd_card *car if (snd_BUG_ON(!card || !id)) return; + if (card->shutdown) + return; read_lock(&card->ctl_files_rwlock); #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS) card->mixer_oss_change_count++; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tiwai@xxxxxxx are queue-4.4/alsa-hda-fix-the-headset-mic-jack-detection-on-dell-machine.patch queue-4.4/alsa-ctl-stop-notification-after-disconnection.patch queue-4.4/alsa-dummy-fix-a-use-after-free-at-closing.patch queue-4.4/alsa-timer-fix-negative-queue-usage-by-racy-accesses.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-fix-use-after-free-after-module-unload.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-realtek-add-new-pin-definition-in-alc225-pin-quirk-table.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-add-pci-id-for-kabylake-h.patch queue-4.4/alsa-pcm-free-chmap-at-pcm-free-callback-too.patch queue-4.4/alsa-au88x0-fix-calculation-in-vortex_wtdma_bufshift.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-realtek-add-lenovo-l460-to-docking-unit-fixup.patch queue-4.4/alsa-echoaudio-fix-memory-allocation.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-realtek-add-two-more-thinkpad-ids-5050-5053-for-tpt460-fixup.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-fix-read-before-array-start.patch queue-4.4/alsa-hda-add-amd-stoney-pci-id-with-proper-driver-caps.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html