3.16.55-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> commit 43a3542870328601be02fcc9d27b09db467336ef upstream. The use of snd_BUG_ON() in ALSA sequencer timer may lead to a spurious WARN_ON() when a slave timer is deployed as its backend and a corresponding master timer stops meanwhile. The symptom was triggered by syzkaller spontaneously. Since the NULL timer is valid there, rip off snd_BUG_ON(). Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c +++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int initialize_timer(struct snd_s unsigned long freq; t = tmr->timeri->timer; - if (snd_BUG_ON(!t)) + if (!t) return -EINVAL; freq = tmr->preferred_resolution;